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>It's not even presented as something good and Batman doesn't claim moral superiority over heroes who do kill. Batman is an inherently flawed character
Pretty much. Many other superheroes like Superman basically have a "I don't WANT to kill but I will if I have to" stance. A lot of people mistakenly think Superman has a "no kill rule" even though his most famous story is him beating an alien monster to death "Death of Superman".

But for Batman it's like he has a compulsion that he can't see anyone die because he is traumatized over his parents dying. It's not like something well thought out it is like a mental illness brought about by his parents death.

Which is more jarring because while a character like Superman is fighting CEOs like Lex Luther, Batman is fighting characters like the Joker that go around killing hundreds of children on a whim. So every day you don't kill the Joker is another day where multiple other people will die. And adding even more to this, there's multiple stories where Batman goes out of his way to save the Joker's life.

Like Joker finally get's the death sentence but Batman has to go out of his way to prove his innocence in court because in that SPECIFIC instance it turns out Joker didn't actually do it.