The difference is, things like goodness and wisdom and justness and mercifulness could arguably be lumped together under one essence, whereas active will and permissive will stand out as distinct concepts. > The killing that is condemned in the ten commandments is immoral killing, or murder And you would lump euthanasia in with murder, rather than splitting it as distinct. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lumpers_and_splitters @Chiro @KingOfWhiteAmerica