Under current constructs, it is perceived that our present existence on Earth is the end-all, and the act of stripping one from this existential plane is a morally-corrupt act committed only by the morally-bankrupt. This is true ONLY in accordance with our perception of reality.
However, IF society viewed our Earthly existence as the "hell" plane, and upon death we graduate to "life" a/k/a the heaven plane, then our existence taken away from this plane would be construed as a blessing, and you would be morally corrupt by abandoning others in "hell" and not to "life."
Let's look at the words used as social anchors that shape the audience's interpretation:
"Murdered": This is socially-construed as an evil act.
"Murdered a kid for cash": Now you are representing an evil act upon an innocent for an evil purpose, money.
In the alternate reality described above, if one said: "provided a blessing by assisting a child leave hell and go to heaven," we would not understand the sentence in the same manner in which we interpret your sentence in the here and now.
For those who don't quite understand the above yet, this is not to be confused with enabling murder in our current interpretation of "reality," but simply using your extreme example, a hyperbole, to explore the biases in our interpretation and how present social indoctrination and biases give meaning to those words.
As for Spidah, if you surrender your biases and read the message, you get Post 28. Big distinction in deferring to biases there and a message.
Sorry Guru, I can't really follow your reasoning here. This is basically shifting the goalposts to excuse morally dubious behaviour, under the guise of "social constructs" and differences of perspective.
I'm going to follow this tangent a little further because I think it's important, even if it's not the original thread topic.
If something is widely considered immoral, it's usually for a sensible reason, not merely a perception problem of people who are short sighted.
Killing causes initial suffering to the victim. It also removes their ability to do anything else in this plane of reality, ever...this is not in doubt. This is REALITY, not "a reality", it is ACTUAL reality.
You have taken away the remaining natural years of their life. It also causes loss to the family of the victim, who will never see or be able to interact that person again.
Tell someone who's father was murdered that "Hey kid, maybe he's just ascended to another plane of reality, chin up. Change your social perspective!" will not be received well.
This is because the negative effects of an immoral action (in this case killing) are not social constructs or just matters of perception - these are real consequences experienced in reality due to an action. Hence humans have largely decided killing is wrong because of the tangible, horrible effects it has on others. Killing has been labelled with the pejorative, emotive term "murder" because:
1. It's a legal definition of taking another's life
2. There is a collective distaste for the sadism and cruelty inherent in taking another's life, especially the defenceless.
If I steal all your money, and then rationalise that in another reality money causes cancer...that does not mean stealing all your money is without consequence or a fine thing to do.
Sorry, I was "assisting you in the unburdening of your material assets so that you may ascend to a higher plane of understanding." Bulls**t, isn't it?
The laws or reality around us are physical and immutable, and morality is a mechanism to more fairly balance the real consequences of actions carried out in the reality we live in.