I dont think so. I mean if Dr Mengela had found the cure for cancer while experimenting on (torturing) Jews, would we celebrate it? I dont think we would. We would say 'he should've found a different way.'
I don't think that something 'incredible' can ever truly be incredible if it came to be from something terrible. Perhaps I can be proven wrong with examples, but I put this one in the same category as 'two wrongs don't make a right'.
I suppose that if you consider dropping the atomic bomb on Japan to shorten World War II and save American lives, the answer is yes.
I find act utilitarianism pretty convincing, so I would say yes, assuming the “terrible” action could be known to have “incredible” consequences relative to the act.
Absolutely not. We should never lose sight of our own humanity, and should always ask ourselves if whatever horrific act we are committing, is it something we would want done to ourselves or our loved ones? If the answer is no...then don't do it. Period.
Definitely, we shipped many tons of weapons over to Ukraine in 2021, arriving in early 2022, and started a war. So we blew a lot of money but we got a lot of people killed, which by WEF reasoning was worthwhile.