The definition of morality according to the American Heritage Dictionary is a system of ideas of right and wrong conduct. The problem with this definition is that it leaves too much room for interpretation. It is solely based on the ideas of individuals and societies. You can never truly determine the morality of something. There is no right or wrong for everybody. Morality needs to be based on what is right or wrong for the majority of society.

War is a state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties. By this definition, war could be considered moral. Until you break it down into its basic components you don’t see its bad qualities. Break war down into conflict. Conflict is a state of open, prolonged fighting. Is fighting immoral? Fighting is the attempt to harm or gain power over an adversary by blows or with weapons. This is beginning to sound immoral. The intent to harm anyone, no matter what the ci

According to the Ten Commandments, “Thou shall not murder”. In war, killing happens all the time. No matter how hard you try to prevent the killing of others during war, there will always be some unavoidable deaths. Do you consider it murder to fire on and kill someone who shot at you first, or in self-defense? Does it make the killing any less intentful? It may make the person feel better about it later due to the fact that he fired in self-defense, but is it still murder? I can’t speak for society, but I don’t believe it is. I can’t answer this question for you. You need to figure that out for yourself. Does society accept murder as moral? It doesn’t as far as I know. If you are fired upon by someone and can prevent injury to yourself without killing him or her, and you kill them anyway, is it still self-defense? You’ll never be able to tell. The immorality of your actions can’t be determined. The only way to determine this is to attempt to immobilize someone without killing them and see if you’re successful. If you’re not, you’re dead or they’re dead. I’d rather not take those risks, how about you?

In war, killing occurs whether by accident or purposeful intent. The most common form of death during war is through killing, which means to commit murder (American Heritage Dictionary definition). Murder is the unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with pre

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