good and the lesser good
Barbara Harrison once said, “The toughest choices in life are not those between good and evil, but those between the good and the lesser good.” She makes a good point given that those are the only types of choices that we must make. Sadly, there is a third type of decision that we fear the most, the decisions between the bad and the lesser bad. Distinguishing the lesser of two evils is far more difficult than identifying the greater of two goods. ... At first glance, this may seem like a decision between good (charity) and evil (selfishness). ... What about a decision that really makes us choose between the lesser of two evils.