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The moral outcome would be to discover and prove the identity of the suspect but the irrational means I used was immoral and I am therefore no better than the original culprit because I resorted to deception. But I was mentally unwell whereas he was not when blackmailing me.
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So you've resolved the situation but you are having remorse about how you did it?
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Does the end justify the means ? Or is only a moral method the only way to achieve a moral ending ? What about undercover detectives ?
If our objective is good, then it doesn't matter if the way we achieve it is bad or wrong or evil.
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I don't think that I could agree with that. I suppose it depends on your definition of evil but I can't see how an act of evil can result in good.