jwp

Justification denotes justice. We normally confer that to the system. But, if your "justification" requires only that you are satisfied in the correctness of your actions, then it opens up a broad spectrum of potential acts to which one can personally find justification.

A man can kill someone just because he wants to, and still find that the act could be justified in all manner of circumstances. The decision to kill or to let the person live can be done in war or in legal circumstances. You don't have to kill the robber who wants your money. You can let him have your money. That you decide to kill him is a personal choice that you can justify. Society can justify it. But there will be a lot of people who would say, you could have survived without killing him.

Dan

"It's a source of great pride, that when I google my name, I find book titles and not mug shots." Daniel C. Chamberlain