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Which is the philosophy behind the "perfect murder"?

posted 8 years ago by diegovm-76106
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I think i've heard it before and there is an actual philosphical background in Justin thesis and idea of perfect murder. Does anyone knows which philosopher write about it?

[–] bellz9113 7 years ago

Here this article might have the answers you want?
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2002/04/by_the_numbers.html
it mentions how the movie drew parallels to Nietzsche & Leopold and Loeb [real life killers who tried to commit the perfect murder.