A noble cause

I recently had a poll on here entitled "Is it right to do the wrong thing for a noble cause?" The answers were "depends on the cause", "right", "wrong", and "I don't know" and I have had some pretty interesting results. So my goal for this blog is to expound on all the answers and give supporting arguments for each one. If you want to add to a section please feel free to do so!

Depends on the cause: These people tend to classify the terms "right" and " justifiable" as the same thing. There are several definitions of the word "noble". Someone similar to myself would classify the fate of the universe or maybe even just the fate of the state as a noble cause. Was it a noble cause for the U.S. to bomb Hiroshima with nuclear devices in order to bring an end to the carnage of WWII? I believe that this was the right thing to do even though it was wrong to kill and injure all those innocent Japanese people. Another example is (and this is a Mormon reference) when Nephi kills Laban to get the records because the Lord tells him to. The Lord says it is better for one man to die than " ...for an enitre nation to dwindle in unbelief." This is the choice that I would choose.
Then, there are other individuals who would classify their own problem as noble but the problems of others as not noble. They still fall into this category but I don't agree with them. These kinds of people would have no problem cheating on a test because it is right to get 100 percent.
People with both of these opinions tend to fall under this mixed category. They represent a combination of the "right", "wrong", and "I don't know" categories. These are good thinkers because they tend to be independent and able to see all the sides to a moral choice such as this.

Wrong: There are some people who believe that it is always wrong to sacrifice one's values. They believe that no matter what is going to happen, even if the world goes up in flames, you should always do what is right. They believe that there is a difference between right and justifiable. They think that there are cases were one can justify what they do, but it doesn't make it right. These are the type of people who take time in their decisions. These kinds of people tend to have high morals. These are people who will think things through and can always find a supporting argument for themselves. People like this are typically very determined and always good to have in a debate.

Right: This is the answer that means "If I classify it as noble than it is. And if it is noble, than it is right to do the wrong thing." In my opinion this is the choice that self-absorbed people would choose. However, many leaders both good and bad fall in this category. For example, Napoleon had his dream of manifest destiny and wanted to conquer all of Europe. In the process he killed many people for what he believed was a noble cause. These are the kind of people who become leaders, and aren't afraid of what others think.

I don't know: This is the only choice that I had no one choose in the week I had the poll. This is the choice for non-thinkers. It is the choice for people who are not leaders but the people who do what they are told when they are told. An example of this type of person could be a lowly enlisted soldier in the military. They are told to do the wrong things and the right things and do them by following orders. Sometimes, like in Nazi Germany, this was a bad thing but it can be a good thing, too. For example, if everyone was a leader then it would be complete chaos; there would be billions of different one acre countries and nobody would make any progress in life.

I thought that this poll was great because it made me realize how many different types of people there are. We need all of them because without these people America would not be America, Britain would not be Britain and the other major powers of the world would not be major powers.