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Full Idea
We laid it down for the Israelites that whoever killed a human being, except as a punishment for murder or other wicked crimes, should be looked upon as though he had killed all mankind.
Gist of Idea
Killing a human, except as just punishment, is like killing all mankind
Source
Mohammed (The Koran [c.622], Ch.5)
Book Ref
Mohammed: 'The Koran', ed/tr. Dawood,N.J. [Penguin 1968], p.380
A Reaction
It seems inconceivable that the Koran could be used to justify indiscriminate terrorism, in the light of remarks such as this.
7907 | Human killing is worse if the victim is virtuous [Buddhaghosa] |
6832 | Killing a human, except as just punishment, is like killing all mankind [Mohammed] |
6825 | Do not kill except for a just cause [Mohammed] |
4649 | If someone's life is 'worth living', that gives one direct reason not to kill him [Glover] |
4651 | Utilitarians object to killing directly (pain, and lost happiness), and to side-effects (loss to others, and precedents) [Glover] |
4671 | What is wrong with killing someone, if another equally worthwhile life is substituted? [Glover] |
4676 | The 'no trade-off' position: killing is only justified if it prevents other deaths [Glover] |
4685 | Societies spend a lot to save known persons, but very little to reduce fatal accidents [Glover] |
7338 | Man's life is sacred, because it is made in God's image [Johnson,P] |