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Is the 'lesser of two evils' an ethical choice for voters?

  • Written by Travis N. Rieder, Research Scholar at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, Johns Hopkins University

Every election cycle, there are citizens who don’t like either of the candidates nominated by the two major political parties.

And so, a familiar debate begins: Is a vote for a third party a principled stand – or wasteful naiveté?

This year, party discord has swelled the numbers of dissatisfied citizens, and the debate is even...

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