Why don't you bother to tell us what you mean by "murder. — tim wood
Tyrant is a human title, something we have in our societies. The alpha male of chimps IS a tyrant. Thats how their society works. Since they acted outside that rule and killed him, it constitutes murder. Its as close to unlawful as the chimps have. — DingoJones
Now, if you define it that way, then end of discussion, but the question arises as to what is gained by the definition? — tim wood
Do you really need to have a definition for murder?
— Brett
Yes, if I'm to understand what you're talking about. — tim wood
But you seem to think it's ridiculously simple and easy — tim wood
Murder is defined as "the unlawful premeditated killing of one human being by another." — Hanover
As the definition of murder goes, murder is an unlawful killing of another person, just as Hanover remarked already. — ssu
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