Mass death from atrocity differs morally from ordinary, unavoidable death

Evidence

But slaughter and disaster, generally speaking, are not normal. They are even, in theory, avoidable, and every voice connected with them might have something to teach us, could we but hear it. — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels, 406

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — George Michelsen Foy, Zero Decibels: The Quest for Absolute…, 406
• XREF: connects to: Small acts of decorum toward corpses matter more than practical logic — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 483; State-sponsored death corrupts the moral life of a modern nation. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 662; Disease deaths under colonial conditions constitute genocide by neglect. — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 103 (+4 more)