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[Star Wars] Why are the jedi so willing to kill?

Aren't they supposed to be peaceful and compassionate? It doesn't seem like they ever try to merely disarm their opponent, neither in the modern EU nor Legends. By that I mean, sure, they show mercy once it's begged for, but, they never go for non fatal blows it seems. Why hack a dude in half with a lightsaber when you could just destroy his weapon, or cut his hand off  (won't bleed out), or even just use a force push to mock them out? Even Luke, in Shattered Empire has no qualms about killing, remoreslessly slaughtering the imperials, even though he could likely succeed in his mission without ending a single life. Why? The other jedi I could understand, but Luke wasn't raised by them and is supposed to be very compassionate. Yet even he feels nothing whilst killing, not even a tremor in the force. Are the lives of Imperial worth less?
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Most of the time we see Jedi kill, it's in the middle of a war, and against an opponent who is trying to kill them. Nothing in the Jedi code forbids killing an armed opponent. And when Jedi kill enemies who have surrendered or are not a threat to them. It's almost always a sign that they are on the path to the dark side.