Evil wins regardless
The greatest battles are not fought on the battlefield, but within
I came across this question which said
When there is evil in this world that justice cannot defeat, would you taint your hands with evil to defeat evil? Or would you remain steadfast and righteous even if it means surrendering to evil?
This was a brain twister because no matter how you look at it, evil still wins in the end. If you taint your hands with evil to win against the greater evil, you just end up becoming that evil. This question might seem far-fetched, but in our daily lives we are confronted with this question. Sure, it's not labelled as evil, or it's not at such a high degree, but there are times when we have to make choices like this.
A good example are the wars happening all around the world right now, in search of peace people choose to hurt each other, they chose evil to bring about the justice they desire for themselves. Other examples you have things like corruption, where people become corrupt in hopes they can make a change, leadership positions where you have to make tough choices. Or even something as common as police work, where taking lives is common place.
The limits of Justice
I won’t say justice is limited, but it certainly takes its merry time to act. Injustice takes the elevator while justice takes the stairs, even for things like karma, you do have to wait for a very long time. The thing with justice is that it operates under set rules and a predictable action, and has a hard time dealing with the creativity of evil.
When you have to bring someone to justice for example, it would take so much time to determine the culpability of that person and the right punishment. Meanwhile, evil gets its way in a matter of moments and is on to the next action. This slow nature of justice makes it much more desirable for people to use evil to seek justice for themselves because they simply don’t have the patience to wait any further.
The end justifies the means
This question is a moral dilemma, which means there isn’t necessarily a clear-cut answer. All answers lead you to a dead end, so it's much more of a circumstantial question where the answer varies depending on the particular situation.
Another way of phrasing this question is by asking, “does the end justify the means?” Sure, we can all agree that sometimes taking drastic means which will produce some great results is much more preferable, but there are other times when the results won’t be able to justify all it took to get there. Since you can’t determine that beforehand, you can't give a blanket statement like the end does justify the means.
Confusion
To fight evil without becoming it is the ultimate test of character. It demands that we ask not just what we want to defeat, but what we want to become in the process.
Sometimes, the greatest battles are not fought on the battlefield, but within the soul — where justice and morality wrestle in silence.
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interesting
Beautiful. You always choose dying defending the good and true. Evil doesn't win this way even if you lose your life. It is always those who dye for what is good that inspire people to follow.
Slow and steady wins the race The snail gets the tail The turtle jumps the last hurdle
What an honour to be the first to comment and say what a wondrous read this is! It's the type of thinking and bare bones analysis that stimulates growth and answers. If we can't talk about the difficult questions, how can we have a chance to solve them? I think it essential to distinguish between what punishment is meted out in the judicial system versus what is actual justice. The backlog, congestion, and lengthy wait-times make the judiciary process an ineffective system, but populations by and large have accepted it, so it continues as it has done. "Power concedes nothing without demand." Karma (as you mentioned) is a different kettle of fish as there is no "congestion" to go through, but it's effects are not always visible to the naked eye. A person could suffer pain, insomnia, and/or financial loss for a wrong action so Karma isn't concerned about being publicly seen to execute justice. The court system has a media lens and regulatory bodies for all the players on the stage. I feel I have the aptitude for being an effective lawyer, but the "game" I find too distasteful for reasons too numerous to mention here. I do believe in Universal Laws higher and more immutable than manmade ones. I also believe you've raised some excellent points, especially when I think of suffering in places like Palestine and Sudan. I additionally believe in individual and collective responsibility for earth inhabitants to sort out the mess in our world, since it didn't appear by magic and continues under our watch. There are effective ways to institute positive change/redress wrongs and it's up to us. And that does not equate to evil. Thoroughly enjoyed your writing style and truly glad I got to read your story!