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lesser evil principle applies here.

Lesser evil?

A lesser evil is still evil.

pick the lesser evil

You have to go with the lesser evil.

Yes - lesser evil is still evil

Lesser evil is much better than worse evil though


Lesser of two evils is still an evil.

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

"Why choose the lesser evil?"

And this is the problem with choosing lesser evils.

What is the "lesser evil" though? It highly depends on how you perceive things and issues.

It's more of lesser of two evils school of morality.

The lesser of two evils is still, you know, evil

Least evil by what metric?

The lesser of two evils.

"Why settle for a lesser evil?"

The lesser evil is still evil. In some ways it can actually be worse because people are then less willing to root it out, allowing it to fester.

The other option is to choose the greater evils, right? There's a choice to be made: pick the lesser or greater evil.
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