(04-07-2015, 03:11 PM)Monica Wrote: Would you say that knowingly, consciously, unnecessarily raping and killing a human, against their will, is an inherently STS act?
How would you know for sure the "against their will" part without being them, or having them tell you?
Sure you can make some pretty probable guesses if you are observing the situation happen. But you don't know the circumstances.
As unlikely as this gruesome situation is: what if they were told, hypothetically, and absolutely knew, an entire race of people would be exterminated if they did not perform those actions? As horrible as those actions seem to be, wouldn't that be more STO than allowing an entire race of people to be exterminated?
You can't know the reasons so you can't know the polarity of the act.