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megousyesterday at 10:42 PM2 repliesview on HN

Dunno where the idea that defence or defensive weapons are somehow morally better comes from.

It really depends on who's using them and what they're used to defend.


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JumpCrisscrossyesterday at 11:06 PM

> where the idea that defence or defensive weapons are somehow morally better comes from

As a category, I think it's safe to say that defensive weapons tend to be more morally defensible than purely-offensive ones. Of course the circumstances matter. But that doesn't mean we can't make generalisations.