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Why is it normally wrong to kill a person?
Would killing a person in normal circumstances cease to be wrong if the majority decided it is not wrong? If not why not?

Morals ,as is "normal",are subject to environment.
If the majority of a defined community (a country)agrees to kill,then its moral to kill,or for that matter,if the country's majority agrees to do or not do anything,than it would be morally justified whatever that is.......within that community.Legislation is the result of current morals.The minority has to accept.

Outsiders or the minority, of course might be of a totally different opinion.
A country could be prosecuted by the rest of the world.
At any later point in time a new majority in power could decide to prosecute the former [government].

It is not sufficient if only a majority(of what?)would decide to kill.Everybody is to obey the law.

Example:Death penalty.
How odd it sounds to me,but in the USA the Death penalty is morally justified as the majority appears to accept this punishment.
States that do not have the death penalty ,nevertheless are responsible as well for states having it under the federal umbrella.

As morals are subjective and taking my own responsibility in this:
Killing a person in normal circumstances is wrong.Always.

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