# Is Murdering People Inherently 'Wrong'?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-murdering-people-inherently-wrong/291544>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [February 23, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-murdering-people-inherently-wrong/291544 "2005-02-23T16:02:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-murdering-people-inherently-wrong/291544/61 "2005-03-06T15:15:02Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> Do you know what the term means?

Ignorance? Yeah, it means not knowing something. So what is it that I don’t know?

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**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2005, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-murdering-people-inherently-wrong/291544/62 "2005-03-11T23:43:25Z")

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:: fires a blast from an oddly new-looking 1920s Style Death Ray in **Strinka** ’s direction ::

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2005, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-murdering-people-inherently-wrong/291544/63 "2005-03-12T00:07:33Z")

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> [@Strinka](#):
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> Ignorance? Yeah, it means not knowing something. So what is it that I don’t know?

No, I was asking if you know specifically what the term “argument from ignorance” means.

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**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2005, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-murdering-people-inherently-wrong/291544/64 "2005-03-13T05:06:54Z")

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> [@Marley23](#):
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> No, I was asking if you know specifically what the term “argument from ignorance” means.

I didn’t before. I looked it up; now I do.

So, what is it I’m assuming must be true/false because the opposite hasn’t been proven?

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