Logical fallacy/Two wrongs make a right

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The belief that, if one wrong is committed, a second wrong will cancel it out.

Commonly used to excuse capital punishment: execution is okay because a murderer is being killed.

(Which, by presupposing that "execution" is a wrong, provides a splendid example of the logical fallacy known as "Begging the Question.")

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