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The particular action at hand is simply the same rationalization used by
despots since time immemorial. Namely, the ends justify the means.
Immoral acts, performed for moral ends, are justified. Using this method
of "reasoning", it is perfectly moral and ethical for a mother to, say,
kill and eat her parents if that is the only way to save herself and her 5
children. No problems with that right?

A very poor example. In fact, the mother would likely choose to aputate one
or two limbs from her parents, then smoke the meat until it becomes ham.
Neither parent would die, and they'd all eat well for a few weeks. To kill
both parents would be a total waste.