Gavin Reese's Blog - Posts Tagged "religious"
The Absolver and Moral Violence
When is violence justified? What makes it moral, ethical, or just to harm, maim, or kill another?
What if the recipient has lived a life of such evil that humanity is safer and better off without them? Does that change the "moral violence" they're allowed to endure?
What if a man's psyche is so infected with evil that it's bled over to his spirit, threatening to sabotage his own potential salvation and endangering all around him while he still breathes?
Is it possible that violence, even death, can be merciful? A favor granted to the deceased in such a way to allow them their only conceivable chance at eternal salvation from Hell?
Father Michael Thomas thought he knew the limitations and answers to such questions. That was before he killed a man in a dark back-alley in Bogota. Now, he's no longer sure what the limits and answers are...
What if the recipient has lived a life of such evil that humanity is safer and better off without them? Does that change the "moral violence" they're allowed to endure?
What if a man's psyche is so infected with evil that it's bled over to his spirit, threatening to sabotage his own potential salvation and endangering all around him while he still breathes?
Is it possible that violence, even death, can be merciful? A favor granted to the deceased in such a way to allow them their only conceivable chance at eternal salvation from Hell?
Father Michael Thomas thought he knew the limitations and answers to such questions. That was before he killed a man in a dark back-alley in Bogota. Now, he's no longer sure what the limits and answers are...
