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A different picture emerges when we single out risk groups such as discriminated minorities. According to the CDC, '''homicide was indeed the No. 1 killer of black men between the ages of 15 and 34''' in 2011. Accidents ranked second, and suicide third (15 and 24 years), while heart disease ranked third for men 24-34. *[http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/24/juan-williams/juan-williams-no-1-cause-death-african-americans-1/ Juan Williams: Murder is No 1 cause of death] | A different picture emerges when we single out risk groups such as discriminated minorities. According to the CDC, '''homicide was indeed the No. 1 killer of black men between the ages of 15 and 34''' in 2011. Accidents ranked second, and suicide third (15 and 24 years), while heart disease ranked third for men 24-34. *[http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2014/aug/24/juan-williams/juan-williams-no-1-cause-death-african-americans-1/ Juan Williams: Murder is No 1 cause of death] | ||
That said, murder is not so much a quantitative as a qualitative cause for concern. There is something in the QUALITY OF THE ACT that we see as deeply irritating and reprehensible. In other words: | |||
'''2. Murder is, in other words, not only an exceptionally rare event, it is also an event that is considered as being ethically/morally exceptionally bad.''' | |||