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** It's more complicated than that. Jasmine was shown to be an arrogant being who seemed more concerned with glory and worship than she did helping people. We also see the last world Jasmine visited before she got bored of it. Granted, the inhabitants may have different standards than humans, but it's not a very nice looking place, nor are they very nice people.
*** She did create a utopia out of LA though. Crime and poverty had disappeared and everyone was truly happy. Also Jasmine had always had her eye on earth and the last planet was just a test case.
**** So she ''says''. Also, Jasmine's "utopia" not only was achieved by entirely stripping people of their free will but was also powered by regular human sacrifice, which are two giant reasons to move her actions from 'clearly good' to 'ethically questionable'.
*** Also, upon having her plan to brainwash the world foiled, Jasmine's immediate reaction is to try to destroy the entire planet, a rather extreme case of [[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]] that quite neatly avoids any moral ambiguity, no matter how Lilah (who happens to be evil herself) tries to spin it.
* Airing bravely (or perhaps coincidentally) in the midst of the Terri Schiavo debate's worst excesses, ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' had a plot requiring Hal to choose whether to pull the plug on a similar patient. In the end, {{spoiler|in a parody of this trope, Hal solves the problem with [[Take a Third Option|a hitherto unconsidered third option]]. We never learn what this option is, only that it involved [[Noodle Implements|Radio Shack and a hat]].}}
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* Parodied on ''Sparks'', when Alonzo Sparks has to go up against his old law professor, who made fun of his stuttering, even nicknaming him "Porky Pig". Nervousness causes his stutter to come back, until {{spoiler|the professor makes the mistake off pissing him off, which motivates him to speak perfectly. Midway through this closing argument, the judge gets word of another case that already made the decision, and says the whole thing is "moot", to Alonzo's protest.}}
* Frequently on ''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]], usually in the form of whether to let someone who is doing bad things against their will (e.g., a werewolf) go, or kill them. The person usually dies or makes some sort of [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by episode's end.
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