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.