Act 1 #1

“It is sometimes necessary to do things you know are wrong in order to achieve an important goal.”
This statement is absolutely true for most of mankind, and has been proved countless true countless times in history. I think something that pertains to this statement is cause and effect. If I kill someone, I will face negative consequences, such as jail. However, there are usually external factors to our decisions.
I’m sure every one of us has done something punishable as a child and has had to face the consequences. For example, stealing money from our parents. In our mind, buying that chocolate bar was very important, so we had to do something criminal like steal to achieve it. Of course, wanting some candy doesn’t justify stealing at all, but it does give us an idea of why the crime was committed. Another great example is assassination. The killer has a specific motivation for the killing, usually for political purposes or money. While money won’t really help anyone besides the killer, exterminating someone due to politics can change an entire country. Take the situation in Libya. Although the current situation is awful, a major incident that has affected an immense amount of people is the assassination of the U.S Ambassador Chris Stevens. Stevens was travelling in his car when a rocket was fired at him and his embassy staff, killing all four. The reason for killing him was probably because: a) he was American; the major enemy to most countries especially the Middle East, and b) To cause further panic and rebellion.  The people who killed Stevens were probably the same ones who support Al-Qaeda. Their mindset is that if they kill half of everyone and scare the rest, the can rule and do as they please. Do they enjoy the mindless deaths? Probably not, but something they would definitely enjoy is the power obtained by it.
Something else that relates to this question is moral integrity. Say you saw someone on the street brutally attacking a group of people. You could choose to intervene and save the group, but the only way you could stop the attacker is by killing him. What would you do? Some people might not do anything because of fear, but others might think that killing him would serve no purpose; doing the same thing he is. However, there is a massive difference between slaughtering a random group of people and killing someone who has the possibility to kill many others. Of course slaying the attacker is a bad thing, but would you rather have a group of innocent people dead or someone who is capable of killing? Sometimes we need to take one backward in order to take two steps forward.