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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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[–] Kwakigra@beehaw.org 10 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Too often this option is presented by people who are deliberately manipulating you and causing you to think that you only have the two choices which each benefit them and neither you. Always consider who is offering this choice and why. The true lesser evil here is whatever you have to do to get out of the situation where this choice is being presented to you.

[–] Oppopity@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 9 hours ago

Yeah "lesser evilism" always supposes the choice is being made in a vacuum where there's only 2 options and nothing can be done about it later, there will never be another choice.

Obviously if you were presented with two options and that was it. You would always pick the lesser evil.