ecision when morals are a large part of everyone’s lives. The Meta
Rule showed that even when the courts are not present to facilitate a case,
there is always another method of resolving disputes legally. Finally, the
doctrine of necessity explained why some forms of action are necessary and must
be taken and applied to a given condition. It is unfortunate that there are
cases in which people, whether or not they know each other, must kill someone
else to save their own life. It must be even more disturbing, rather than
unfortunate, for a person to sacrifice their life for the welfare of another,
nevertheless it is noble. Perhaps this goes to show that when it is absolutely
necessary to kill someone in order to preserve one’s own life, murder is always
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