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What does it mean?
He justifies death as a necessary cost for maintaining order.
In plain terms
People must die for a nation to have law and order.
What can you take from it?
Order is sometimes enforced through sacrifice.

Where it applies

  • war zones
  • political repression
  • security debates

Putting it to work

  • evaluate security costs
  • discuss civil liberties

Questions to consider

  • Is order worth human lives?
  • Who decides the sacrifices?

Another view

This view ignores the value of individual life.

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