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My agency of the taking of human life

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  1. Worldview
    1. Axiology
      1. Moral/immoral (universal) ethics
        1. God’s moral law
          1. Contents of God’s moral law
            1. Loving people
              1. Life / taking life
                1. Taking human life
                  1. Permissibility of exercising lethal force
                    1. Our motives / desires in the taking of human life
                    2. My agency of the taking of human life
                      1. Acting as an agent of the government in the taking of human life
                        1. Exercising lethal force as an external agent of the government (e.g. military)
                        2. Exercising lethal force as an internal agent of the government (e.g. law enforcement)
                      2. Acting not as an agent of the government in the taking of human life
                        1. Acting outside of accountability (checks and balances) in the taking of human life
                          1. Acting on my own authority in the taking of human life
                          2. Killing under the authority of a militia that does not submit to any authority
                        2. Exercising lethal force under accountability (checks and balances) (albeit non-government) in the taking of human life
                          1. Killing under the authority of a for-profit organization in the taking of human life
                          2. Killing under the authority of a non-profit that submits to an authority outside itself
                    3. The actions of the person receiving the lethal force
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