Do the ends justify the means? An age old question. A simple, yet important question.
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A recent example for this question is the "Genophage" from the Mass Effect universe.
Essentially, the newly acquired space warriors, the Krogans, was hired to defeat the hostile and devastating bug-like race, the Rachni. The Krogans defeat the Rachni, and peace returns to the galaxy. However, the Krogan start becoming vicious and start colonizing on already colonized worlds, due to the Krogan's unusually high birthrate, causing their planets to become quickly overpopulated. The other alien races, such as the Salarians and Turians, try to stop the Krogan and so began the Krogan Wars. The war spans over a hundred(?) years and the Council (the galactic rulers) are losing. Desperate times call for desperate measures. And so a bio-chemical weapon, the Genophage, (created by the Salarians) is created. The Genophage significantly reduces the Krogan's birthrate (only 1 out of 1000 births are successful). Using the Genophage, the Salarians and the Turians win the war. The Krogans become an endangered species, causing the once proud race to become essentially bottom-feeders and bitter.
The Mass Effect series constantly touch on this subject and ask for your opinion.
The people that are for the Genophage say that the Genophage was unavoidable and was the only way to stop the Krogan, while the people against the Genophage state that no matter what excuse they use, the Genophage is a mass-murdering weapon.
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So what is your opinion?
Does the end justify the means, or not?
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