THB: Thanos' cause is morally justified in Avengers: Infinity War.

Rebuttal: "Thanos' goals can be considered a solution to "the balloon dilemma" This is an inaccurate analogy. The "balloon dilemma" presents only one solution to save everyone: throwing someone out. In Thanos' case, however, he has a multitude of choices that may be enacted upon with the power of the Infinity Gauntlet. "Thanos has the solution- reduce the population of each planet until it is sustainable." Thanos killed half the population of the universe... AT RANDOM. The population of each planet wouldn't be reduced to a sustainable number. Due to the law of large numbers, half the universe will die, yet when this effect is isolated to a single planet, it is unlikely the planets population would be reduced to a sustainable number. It is just as likely it is reduced to any other number. "Thanos does not kill anyone with the infinity stones, but rather prevent them from having ever existed" This is completely illogical and raises a paradox. If Thanos caused the characters to never have existed, it eliminates the need for Thanos to cause them to not exist. If Thanos had not caused them to not exist, however, they exist, thus provoking Thanos to cause them to not exist etc... Furthermore, Black Panther was prevented from ever existing in Infinity War. If this had indeed happened, however, the Black Panther movie should have never happened, since Black Panther did not exist. "Fewer beings cease to exist if Thanos does act than if he doesn't." This is untrue. If he does act, the people who were not killed would also be affected. As shown by the post-credits scene in Infinity War, vehicles will cause chaos to those who did survive. This would potentially kill millions on Earth. This, however, would occur across the whole universe. Millions would die on every planet with access to vehicles. Additionally, spacecraft traverse the universe, most of the time with passengers. Imagine a spacecraft, filled with passengers, on its way to a distant planet. Thanos acts and "poof!", the pilot dies. The passengers, however, do not have any experience with piloting spacecraft, and as a result, they drift out into space, never to be seen again. This scene would be occurring all over the universe, in approximately half of all vehicles in the universe. Now onto my arguments: I will be presenting three main arguments that effectively highlight why Thanos' cause is NOT morally justifiable or even rational. One: The Infinity Gauntlet has near infinite power. Why use it to kill half the universe? Why not alter everyone so they do not rely on unsustainable resources? Why not give everyone a sustainable food and water source? Why not expand planets to counteract a growing population? And, although this may seem unethical, why not make everyone unable to overpopulate their planet, making them infertile until an increase in population would not harm them? Although this may be slightly unethical, it is certainly better than killing half the universe. If he has to kill half the population because of his immorality or wickedness, why doesn't he do it rationally? He should kill the people that are benefiting society least, like criminals or the homeless. Although killing the homeless might be immoral, at least it would ease their suffering. Two: Although the people who were killed by Thanos may not be suffering, the people who knew the person, like friends or family would be devastated. Three: Society would be in upheaval across all planets. Governments would erupt into extreme hysteria, after members of the government disappear. Law enforcement would dissolve, after some of its members disappear and criminals would run amok through cities, doing whatever they pleased. Society would erupt into utmost chaos. Arguments 2 and 3 show that the net suffering in the universe would increase as a result of Thanos' actions, NOT decrease. In conclusion, Thanos' cause was NOT morally justified and that is why he is the villain of Avengers: Infinity War.