Re: Philosophical Quandry: Piracy
Theft and murder are not universal absolutes. Taking something and killing someone are. Different laws, different lawyers, different judges, different cultures, and different people, may have different opinions about whether any specific act of taking or killing is theft or murder.
Examples:
Some people consider many actions of the US government to be theft (tax, seizures, etc).
Warring nations often call each others' soldiers murderers.
In India, killing unwanted daughters isn't defined as murder.
Different people, laws, judges, etc in the US disagree about whether acts of euthanasia or abortion are murder or not, or wrong on not.
Discussions of software piracy and fair use of media.
Etc.
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