We already admit that the rule to not kill other people has exceptions. If, then, we encounter a band of cannibals that has long practiced the custom of killing and eating the weakest among them, then
A)we should probably repeal our own rule proscribing killing.
B)we should endorse their actions as justifiable exceptions.
C)we can condemn their actions because we believe that killing is always wrong.
D)we can't condemn their actions because we believe that killing is always wrong .

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The presence of exceptions to the rule against killing in one's own society does not logically lead to the conclusion that all forms of killing in all societies can be endorsed or condemned based on one's own exceptions. Therefore, if one holds that killing is always wrong despite exceptions, it does not logically allow for the condemnation of another culture's practices based on those exceptions.

We Already Admit That the Rule to Not Kill Other