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  • Define ‘bad’.

    And ‘Nazis’ too for that matter, I don’t know if you mean literally members of Hitler’s National ‘Socialist’ party, or something else.

    I would generally concur that killing (murder is sometimes defined as ‘unjustified’ killing, which is screaming for a definition of what is ‘justified’ killing) does more harm than good, ie is subjectively immoral according to my own sense of morality, which was shaped through my genes that were shaped by evolution, the society I live and grew up in and the experiences I’ve had.

    But killing in self defense might be moral. If someone was a member of the Nazi party because they lived in 1930s Deutschland and didn’t feel like they had any other option if they wanted their family to be safe, but didn’t actively participate in it or help oppress minorities, and found themselves stopped on the way home by a person with a gun one night, who threatened to kill them, would it be that immoral for them to shoot their attacker in self defense?

    Of course, you may disagree with me on various aspects, that’s why it’s important to clarify your terms, and not make blanket and loaded statements such as ‘Nazis murdering people is bad’.

    Edit: for the sake of clarity, everything after the first line is an edit.