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... dn't quite remember.

But he interpreted it to mean that the weight of a life determined the worthiness of its end. Of course, such a thing was arbitrary and ultimately left up to the killer.

And so, it could be rephrased:

Who determines whether a life is worth ending?

Most would agree that in an organized state, such a decision would fall to the law and its enforcers.

But in the absence of such institutions, it truly was left to the one who held the blade. ...

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