World Religions

This title seems totally generic and random, but it is the best to describe my own little internal debate. Is it okay to step on someone else in order to further your own goal? Is is okay to sacrifice someone else to further yourself? This, in my opinion, could be similar to a bigger business, like Walmart, destroying a smaller business to further its profit. In my opinion, this can be alright, but their are qualifiers, as always.Your intentions must be good, otherwise this decision is unethical. You should not step on someone else simply because you want to, or you want their domain for your own good and no one elses. Although it is wrong to squash someone elses dreams, you can not achieve good purely through good. Some evil must be intertwined, otherwise you will get nowhere. Like in a war, the self-declared “Good Side” will not get anywhere by simply laying their weapons down an trying to talk it out all civilized like. You have to shoot someone else in order to win. back to the main topic, you must also not sacrifice too many others in attempting to achieve your goal. If those you hurt outweigh those whom you are trying to help, then you went wrong somewhere. As the Utilitarians say, your good must outweigh your bad. Although I could be completely wrong about this. In the end, good intentions will not be enough, though. You must carry out your plan, and make sure that you are still pulling for the same people in the end. After all, the road to hell is paved with good intentions.

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