www.ijsrp.org Is Killing Justified?

Abstract- Man is a rational animal. He can think for himself and also for others. He can distinguish good from bad with the help of his reason. All other animals except human beings lead their lives by instinct and that is why they fail to distinguish good and bad. With the help of reason men built up the civilization, scientific discoveries and so on. But in spite of all these human beings are more cruel than other animals. When his rationality is undermined and animality dominates he can go in any length and that is why there are different laws such as, legal laws, moral laws and some other laws which restrict man and help to refrain from doing cruel activities. Above all there are religious fears which also play a great role in the society to keep human beings in their right track. But sometimes it appears that all these laws and religious fear fail to check human being from their inhuman activities. They even involve themselves in killing which is the worst act among bad deeds. They kill not only other animals but also their own species. Now-a-days this activity is spreading in a rampant way in the different parts of the globe. It can be emphatically said that this act is not a new thing for present days but it is as old as the human race. So the question arises whether there is any justification of this act. There are different arguments put forwarded by moral philosophers on this issue. Arguments from religious standpoints are also not far behind. Generally all of them have forbidden killing but permitted in certain special circumstances like warfare and self defense and have given justification in favour of killing. So in this paper I will try to give some arguments in favour of my topic from different standpoints