I'm coming to the opinion that the reason why we disagree is that we've all been reading too much into the alignment rules, putting too fine a point on it and splitting hairs.
Evil people debase and destroy innocent life.
Good people are altruistic, because selfless personal sacrifice is altruistic. Go on to question 2. The act is irrelevant for purposes of alignment. It's enough that you believe, in good faith, that the beneficiary is an innocent. Go on to question 3.