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objectives must be limited. wholesale destruction of a nation's infrastructure is immoral
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legitimate objectives
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greek view of suicide
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offense against state
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sixth commandment
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You shall not murder
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third reason why murder is wrong
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murder represents ultimate form of slavery to passion, emotion and folly
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Islamic view of suicide
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glorifies those who die death of suicide
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response to BLANK: is this good for society at large?
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response to utility
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whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man
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genesis 9:6
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response to blank: is not absolute, might bring harm to others, why wait for cancer, why not just die now...i didn't come into the world by choice and cannot die by choice
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response to autonomy
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fourth commandment
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Remember to keep the Sabbath holy
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response following loss of loved one, aka cult suicide
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anomic suicide
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Christian view of suicide
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prohibited by 6th commandment
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argument from BLANK: right to make own decisions, right to privacy
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argument from autonomy
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woman has right to do with her body what she chooses; if abortion becomes illegal, it'll become unsafe; creates economic hardship on poor women; don't force unwanted kids into world; don't bring handicapped kids into the world; don't make raped women have
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pro-choice position
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loving, truthful, good
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speech that God loves
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society should try to change/correct/reform lives of criminals
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rehabilitation
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conflict over resources, corruption of work, uncontrolled growth, unjust distribution
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economics in a fallen world
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amount of force must be proportional to threat (ie no nuclear attack)
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legitimate proportion
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first commandment
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You shall have no other gods before me, for I am the LORD your God
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stewardship, community, hard work with heart to provide for others, and protecting other's property
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solutions to stealing
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1977- challenged Missouri law that required husband to give consent and minor to get permission from parents
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planned parenthood vs. danforth
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when does a fetus become a person
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question of personhood
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1992 case that tried to overturn Roe v. Wade
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planned parenthood vs. casey
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1989 case that put limits on right to abortion
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webster vs. reproductive health services
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taking treatment away from patient
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termination of life support
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our default response must always be to tell the truth, but when we don't the burden of proof is on us to show how we justify our deception and lie (midwives in Ex 1:15-22, Rahab in Josh 2:1-24)
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are we always obligated to tell nothing but the truth?
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biblical perspective #1 of war
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God is a warrior
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God still communicates with sinners, God still executes justice with sinners, God still protects, God still works out his plan of redemption
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God's grace in first murder
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war in question must be initiated with a formal declaration by authority of government
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legitimate government
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are suicide rates higher or lower for single/widow/divorced people?
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higher
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1973 Supreme Court case for woman who wanted to get an abortion
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roe vs. wade
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argument from BLANK: lowers cost, patient stops suffering, family can grieve, less stress
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argument from utility
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physician gives patient medicine to help patient die
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physician assisted suicide
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war is NEVER acceptable, and especially so for Christians
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pacifism
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response to BLANK: advances in pain management make it unlikely, okay to give pain meds
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response to mercy
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are suicide rates higher or lower for Jews, Catholics?
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lower
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fifth commandment
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You shall honor your father and mother, so that your days shall be long upon the land
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number of witnesses, don't leave a case open
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OT limitations of death penalty
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seventh commandment
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You shall not commit adultery
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wars of self-defense/defense or liberation are justified
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just war theory
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first reason why murder is wrong
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direct attack on pinnacle of God's creation
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prohibitions against abortion
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code of hammaurabi
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he represents God, and he relates to God
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how man functions in image of God
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we don't owe the truth to anyone except God. We need to try to tell as much of the truth as we can, and don't lie more than...um, necessary.
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are we always obliged to tell the plain truth?
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1973-affirmed doctor's right to practice
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doe vs. bolton
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one kills another human being with intention, but no premeditation (i.e. anger)
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voluntary manslaughter
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second commandment
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You shall not make for yourself any idols
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biblical dudes who committed or wanted to commit suicide
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abimelech, samson, saul, ahithophel, zimri, elijah, and jonah
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commission of a crime deserves a penalty
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retribution
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Cain and Abel
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first murder ever
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killing oneself
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suicide
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argument from BLANK: stops suffering
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argument from mercy
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aid in dying
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euthanasia
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kidnapping, standing by and doing nothing, usury, care for poor, dishonest scales
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types of theft
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lack of social integration, no social ties
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egoistic suicide
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laziness, misuse of time, not giving time and talent to God or neighbor
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stealing work
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NOT revenge, use of force, protection of life
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self-defense
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# of people who take their own lives
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33,000 per year
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dissatisfaction and discontentment
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theft implies...
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Jewish view of suicide
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distinction between self-murder and martyrdom
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neighbor, victim, thief, and God
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theft is bad for...
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one kills another human being intentionally and with premeditation
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murder
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eighth commandment
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You shall not steal
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lethal injection
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active euthanasia
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use of force (armed robbery), burglary (theft involving stealth not force), fraud (cheating on yr taxes, insurance fraud), usury (charging excessive interest or exorbitant profit-taking)
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categories of stealing
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shared access to nat'l resources, right and responsibility of work, expectation of growth and trade, fair sharing of product for economic activity
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economics ethics in creation perspective
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war in question must be prompted by a just cause, i.e. Pearl Harbor
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legitimate cause
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roman view of suicide
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noble form of death
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to prevent criminals from repeating their crimes
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protection
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punishing crime deters other criminals from committing crimes
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deterrence
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justice, deterrent against crime, less costly than life term in prison, not cruel and unusual
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argument for capital punishment
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two wrongs do not make a right, no longer valid today, mistakes are irreversible, reform becomes impossible, expensive, jesus had an ethic of forgiveness and redemption
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arguments against capital punishment
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desire to secure peace or liberation not only for oneself but for others as well
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legitimate purpose
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issue is value of human life
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issue of abortion
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third commandment
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You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain
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T/F: men are more likely to kill themselves violently
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true
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some people hold that fetus acquires personhood at birth. However, only the child's location has changed, not his personhood.
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birth
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circumstances from which there seems to be no escape (think Asian schoolkids)
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fatalistic suicide
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ninth commandment
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You shall not bear false witness
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OT law of retaliation (only one eye for an eye)
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lex talionis
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second reason why murder is wrong
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murder degrades murderer
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try to tell the whole truth. sometimes you can't just NOT answer (see David, in 1 Sam 16:1-3), and stick with original story
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are we always obliged to tell the whole truth?
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case for BLANK: mercy, utility, autonomy
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case for assisted suicide
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are suicide rates higher or lower for people without kids?
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higher
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living together, casual sex
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premarital sex
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only individuals that may be targeted in wars are those who are soldiers/military personnel. this rules out civilians, wounded soldiers, POWs, and WMD
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legitimate combatants
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case against BLANK: playing God, suffering may be redemptive, misdiagnoses are possible, euthanasia may become involuntary, keeps law out of medical setting, safer context
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case against assisted suicide
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one kills another human being with neither intention nor premeditation (i.e. car accident)
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involuntary manslaughter
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excessive identification such as heroic self sacrifice (remember satee from Mr. Vass's class)
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altruistic suicide
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hebrew word for intentional killing of one's enemy or accidental killing of one's neighbor
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rasach
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government does what it must with sword in order to defend itself/people and preventing injustice done by tyrants
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war is neccessary
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1) may participate in ways that are non-combatant 2) all participation is forbidden
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variations of pacifism
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taking by stealth
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stealing is...
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We need to follow Christ's example of discerning when to answer and when to be silent
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are we always obliged to tell the truth?
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tenth commandment
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You shall not covet
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are suicide rates higher or lower in times of war?
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lower
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