Think of a wasp. Yes, the vicious one inch insect who stings and makes everyone want to cry. This black and yellow and occasionally red insect has a stinger that’s less than half an inch and the power to make a grown man cry. When wasps sting, a normal human’s reaction would be to kill it, when all it’s doing is acting in self defense. Does the wasp’s intent of self defense alleviate the consequences of death? The belief of most people is that it does not, but there is a valid argument that when in self defense, for the greater good, or when saving the greater person’s life, the intent excuses the action and does in fact alleviate the consequences.
First of all, intent alleviates the consequences when using self defense. The Los Angeles Times …show more content…
She responded by striking him 15 times with a hatchet before grabbing the knife and stabbing him 21 times. One week later, she would be charged with first-degree murder. Nancy claimed that she only killed her abusive …show more content…
September 11, 2001, a day that every American will remember. Most will recall the two places that took down the World Trade Center and the third plane that crashed into the Pentagon; but what about the fourth plane? The plane that crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Not many people remember flight 93 only because there wasn’t a lot of fatalities. The terrorists successfully hijacked the plane’s cockpit and the flight data recorder showed that one of the terrorists turning the plane around to head back east. Huddled in the back of the plane, the passengers and crew of Flight 93 made a series of calls on their cell phones. When they learned what happened to the three other hijacked flights in New York City and Washington, D.C., the passengers realized that their plane was involved in a larger terrorist plot and would likely be used to carry out further attacks on the U.S. After a brief discussion, a vote was taken and the passengers decided to fight back against their hijackers. At 9:57 the passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 began their counterattack. The airplane then rolled onto its back and plowed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 580 miles per hour. Forty-four people died at the scene. Those thirty-seven passengers and crew members voted. They voted whether or not they wanted to die with thousands of others or sacrifice their lives. Some probably
First of all, intent alleviates the consequences when using self defense. The Los Angeles Times …show more content…
She responded by striking him 15 times with a hatchet before grabbing the knife and stabbing him 21 times. One week later, she would be charged with first-degree murder. Nancy claimed that she only killed her abusive …show more content…
September 11, 2001, a day that every American will remember. Most will recall the two places that took down the World Trade Center and the third plane that crashed into the Pentagon; but what about the fourth plane? The plane that crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. Not many people remember flight 93 only because there wasn’t a lot of fatalities. The terrorists successfully hijacked the plane’s cockpit and the flight data recorder showed that one of the terrorists turning the plane around to head back east. Huddled in the back of the plane, the passengers and crew of Flight 93 made a series of calls on their cell phones. When they learned what happened to the three other hijacked flights in New York City and Washington, D.C., the passengers realized that their plane was involved in a larger terrorist plot and would likely be used to carry out further attacks on the U.S. After a brief discussion, a vote was taken and the passengers decided to fight back against their hijackers. At 9:57 the passengers and crew aboard Flight 93 began their counterattack. The airplane then rolled onto its back and plowed into an empty field in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, at 580 miles per hour. Forty-four people died at the scene. Those thirty-seven passengers and crew members voted. They voted whether or not they wanted to die with thousands of others or sacrifice their lives. Some probably