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Mind of a Killer

The age-old chicken-or-the-egg riddle applies when trying to understand mind of a killer: Is it the serial killer psychological makeup affirming itself through murder, or is it their environment that creates the capacity within them to kill others? Complicating the issue further is the various typologies of murderers – does a certain psychological condition make [...]

The German Cannibal: Armin Meiwes and the moral dilemmas his case creates

War is simply an implicit agreement between parties who engage in it to provide a legal basis to murder that would in other contexts be entirely unscrupulous. What is rape, but sexual intercourse made unpardonable by the rejection of it by the victim? In a broad context, consensus appears to be the basis of legality [...]