Necessary evil
A necessary evil is an unfavorable thing (an evil) that must be done or accepted because it is necessary to achieve a better outcome, especially because possible alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse. It is the "lesser evil" in the Lesser of two evils (or lesser evil) principle, which provides that when given two bad choices, the one that is not as bad as the other should be chosen over the one that is the greater threat.
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Necessary evil
A necessary evil is an unfavorable thing (an evil) that must be done or accepted because it is necessary to achieve a better outcome, especially because possible alternative courses of action or inaction would be worse. It is the "lesser evil" in the Lesser of two evils (or lesser evil) principle, which provides that when given two bad choices, the one that is not as bad as the other should be chosen over the one that is the greater threat.
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