So if we assume that the person is in such a niche, and has the ability to exploit it, then the question would be to quantify how evil is the enemy. Israel's favorite enemy these days is Iran, so it seems that I should learn more about Iran and give my best predictions regarding it's future. One thing that immediatly comes to mind is that there are many similarities between Saudi-Arabia and Iran, while Israel seems to have a good relationship with Saudi-Arabia, so on what grounds should I believe that Iran is evil?
I would like your assistance with gathering rational outside view so that I can make better moral decisions. The general context is that I consider myself an effective altruist with mostly Utilitarian ethics, and I have some more time of mandatory service in which I have considerably high degree of freedom to choose my path. The dillema is dependent on many questions, but my goal here is mostly to debias myself on questions relating to the moral stance of Israel or armies in general (although I care much more about the expected impact of my actions, irrespectively of whether it's done in the name of good or evil).
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Thank you, but this is not relevant to my situation. I do have possible choices to make in which these dilemmas are an integral part.