Taking the life of another human being can in some instances be the lesser of two evils.

As I said I am debating from Deontological point of view. Contention 1) Categorical Imperative Constrained only by the principle of universalizability, the practical reason of any ration being understands the categorical imperative to be: " act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should be become a universal law." That is, act in a way that everyone including yourself,will ALWAYS act according to the same general rule in the future. So, What does this have to do with murder, if you murder you make it acceptable, and if everyone is murdering people no on is alive, therefore the resolution doesn't matter because we are all dead! Contention 2) Alternative Formula/More Universal Law Kant offers the formula of end in itself. "act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, always at the same time never simply as a means." Thi splaces more emphasis on the unique value of human life as desrving of our ULTIMATE moral respect and thus proposes a more personal view of morality. so, by comitting murder would be to merely treat a human being as means to get the "greater good" and therefore would be a failure to oblige by this law. Drawing everything together. The forumla of anatomy under which the decision to act according to a maxim is actually regarded as having made it a universal law. Here the concern with human dignity is combined with the principle of uiniversalizability to produce a grand conception of moral law. Kant puts its " A ration being belongs to the kingdom of ends as a member when he legislates in it universal laws while also being himself subject to these laws." Thus it iyou have a moral duty not to murder, murder is always wrong, because it results in the harm to others. Contetnion 3) Types of Deontological ethics Divine command: the most common forms of deontological moral theories are those which derive their set of moral obligations from a god. According to many christians, an action is morally correct whenever it is in moral agreement with the rules of God. SInce god condemns murder in his commandments murder is unacceptable. Duty Theories: An action is morally right if it is in accord with some list of duties and obligations (such as a government) In America and most civilized countries, murder is unacceptable under the law and therefore NEVER the better option. Rights Theory : an action is morally right if it adequately respects the rights of all humans, the greatest of these rights being life. Murder in any way shape of form does not do this. MY OPPONENTS CASE He bring sup abortion from rape victims where killing the fetus is good well These cases are extremely rare 0 pregnances out of 4500 rape cases (http://bible.ca...) He must have misunderstood God because the bibles also says in Exodus 21:22-25 (New International Version) "If men who are fighting hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman's husband demands and the court allows. 23 But if there is serious injury, you are to take life for life, 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. Exodus 23:7 (New International Version) " Have nothing to do with a false charge and do not put an innocent or honest person to death, for I will not acquit the guilty." Proverbs 6:16; Proverbs 6:17 (New International Version 16 There are six things the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to him 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, That basically destroys his whole God says murder is ok and just in certain situations. So, the lord does not like murder and my opponent clearly says that God likes murder? That also destroys his abortion thing because God does not like the killing of innoncent people in fact neither does deontology. I urge a con ballot on the fact that murder is never justifiable through Kant's Deontology, which include the Alternative formula, categorical imperative, and universal law/