What do you think about the concept of lesser evil? (i.e. when faced with selecting from two immoral options, the less immoral one should be chosen.) (thelemmy.club)

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[-] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I mean, if you truly have no other choice, what else can you do? Can it even be considered evil at that point or just "still painful"? If I have to chop off my/someone's gangrenous leg to ensure survival, is that evil or just, you know, not ideal? It's important not to get too lost in semantics...

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