Lesser or greater thing, in a moral quandary (4)

I believe the answer is:

evil

(Other definitions for evil that I've seen before include "source of harm" , "Morally objectionable behavior" , "Profoundly immoral" , "no good in this puzzle" , "Extremely bad" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post.

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