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If I stab someone with a needle and inject them with virus, is that evil? It sounds pretty evil but that is what we do every time we give someone a flu shot. But of course no one considers this evil because the ends justify the means.
What is evil about giving a flu shot? How does it sound "pretty evil"? Because it uses the word "stab" or "virus"?
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Now in this analogy what happens when the virus that is injected has worse side effects then what it is preventing? Does is now become evil?
Is this medical science believing that they are doing good, but later realizing they were wrong or someone purposefully trying to harm someone?
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Would it be considered evil to have killed Hitler before he had a chance to kill all of those jews?
If you had knowledge of what he was going to do? Absolutely not.
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Would it be considered evil to kill 1,000 Hitlers in order to save 20,000,000 innocent people?
If they were all going to be as evil as Hitler. Absolutely not.
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Would it be considered evil if you had a chance to kill Hitler before he killed all of those jews, knowing full well what he was going to do, and did not take that chance?
Well, it would depend on how you define chance. If there was a good chance you'd lose your own life in the process of attempting to kill hitler... it'd be a hard decision. But there would have to be a way for you to get your information to the military or someone who would be able to do something. But I would consider it selfish, not evil, if you didn't take the chance to kill Hitler in these circumstances. Now if you could kill Hitler without any consequences and you didn't do it... that'd be pretty evil.