致命一击

致命一击是指人们对受重伤的人或动物发动最后一次攻击，目的是结束其痛苦或让其死亡。该行为也被视为对受了致命伤的平民或军人、友军或敌军的安乐死^[1]^[2]。实施致命一击时有可能会得到受重伤的人的同意，有时则不会。不过对无行动能力的军人进行致命一击属于战争罪行：战争法规定，在战争状态下，应医治无行动能力、严重伤残者，不得对其执行安乐死。^[3]

参考文献

^ Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, eds. The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. ISBN 978-0618604999 p. 119.
^ Charles Harrington Elster. The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker. 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ISBN 978-0618423156 pp. 110–111.
^ Blum, Gabriella. The Laws of War and the "Lesser Evil". The Yale Journal of International Law. 2010, 35 (1). （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2022-03-09）.

[AH-1] Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries, eds. The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2005. ISBN 978-0618604999 p. 119.

[Elster-2] Charles Harrington Elster. The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker. 2nd ed. Houghton Mifflin, 2006. ISBN 978-0618423156 pp. 110–111.

[3] Blum, Gabriella. The Laws of War and the "Lesser Evil". The Yale Journal of International Law. 2010, 35 (1). （原始内容存档 (PDF)于2022-03-09）.

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