Sentence:  Several of the replies to Mr. Toynbee , without conscious resort to the traditional terminology with regard to the permission of evil , succeed in restoring the actual context in which present moral and political decisions must be made , by distinguishing between choosing a great evil and <WSD>choosing</WSD> in danger of this evil . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives