SOB wrote:
It is not up to anyone to decide on whether someone lives or dies. What if someone decided to kill all people with Asperger's? Would that be ok? People with asperger's could just as equally be viewed as "bad genes"by someone else.
It can be up to someone to dicide who lives or dies, but it is a responsibility that cannot be taken lightly. Killing over some failed romantic interest is appaling. However, let's go back to your model of someone trying to kill everyone with AS. You could justify making a unilateral decision to kill this person because that would be by far the lesser of two evils because that would save lives. However, you would have to be sure to minimize the loss of life as well as other immoral/unethical acts committed in the process of carrying out the assassination, or you risk losing your position of moral superiority.