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What Are My Core
Obligations?
If the police are about to take you to the operating room,
there is something you can say, clearly and simply, that should
change their minds and save your life. Tell them bluntly,
“Killing me would be wrong. I am a human being, and you
can’t do this to me.” That statement should stop the police in
their tracks.
But what makes it so compelling? The answer is that it
points to a fundamental principle—that it is wrong to directly
take the life of an innocent human being—and it tells the
police they have a duty to follow this principle. You are saying
that, simply because you are a human being, the police have
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