It is clear from the examples presented that as one cannot control circumstances, it is sometimes necessary to ‘swallow’ the less bitter pill – the lesser evil to prevent a greater evil from taking place. Nevertheless, the aforementioned ‘golden rule’ still stands – “No good can arise out of evil, and thus, evil is to be avoided at all costs.”

It is plain from the two examples presented here that evil always brings about evil even though it may have been intended to serve a good cause. The old saying, that no good can come out of an evil deed, is correct- since the ‘good’ that can come out as a result of the ‘evil’ deed is often outweighed by the evil in the deed. There are often solutions other than evil. For the first example, the solution is to attempt to solve the problem that led the criminal to the crime, or life imprisonment if such a solution is unattainable. The second problem’s solution is obvious: war is not a solution, neither are acts of sabotage. The solution is peace.

I shall relate an incident that happened many years ago, which involved such a dilemma. The police had just arrested a terrorist who belonged to a group that threatened to wreck havoc and chaos in the country for no reason other than that it suited their political whims and fancies. The terrorist, being a stubborn man, refused to tell the police about the locations of the bomb attacks and the human t

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