Which of the Following Best Explains, According to Metz, the Justification

question 569

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains, according to Metz, the justification for killing in defense of oneself or others?

• A) Aggressors, having degraded themselves by their actions, would not be deprived of dignity by the killing.
• B) Killing in such cases is behaving in an unfriendly manner that is proportional to the aggressor's own unfriendliness.
• C) Killing in defense, unlike the death penalty, has significant consequentialist benefits for the community at large.
• D) The individual who kills in defense of self or others does not have impermissibly disrespectful intentions.

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Definitions:

Mutual Benefit Bailment

A bailment arrangement where both the bailor and the bailee receive a benefit from the transaction involving personal property.

Reasonable Care

The degree of caution and consideration an individual or organization is expected to exercise in a particular situation to avoid harm to others or their property.

Bailment

A legal relationship where physical possession of personal property is transferred from one person to another under the agreement that the property will be returned.

Ordinary Care

The level of care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in a similar situation to prevent harm.