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Euthanasia becomes interesting at this point*. It is possible to conceive of Euthanasia motivated by intense Love (although not, I think, if the sufferer opposed it or would probably have opposed it if he had known). This would be an Inner Circle motivation for killing, suggesting that it would be morally acceptable. This in turn suggests that execution, which is not motivated by Love or any other Inner Circle quality, is probably not moral in these terms. Although love may be felt by those responsible, for victims or society,** it is hard to see how that can motivate the killing after the event,*** except by revenge, which hardly seems selfless.

*[See last previous entry.]

**[i.e., possibly: '…love may be felt by those responsible [for the execution], [that is, love] for victims or society,....'; or: '...love my be felt by those responsible for victims or society....'? In the first case, given the text referred to in the next fn, are the victims victims of the killer or of the person being killed?]

(But see p208 [– next entry but one].)

***(when imprisonment provides protection.)

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