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Which is the most morally correct Inquisitor?
A bit of an odd/dumb thought experiment. Let us presuppose the following. You are in the 40k universe, and through the vagaries of fate have become a member of the Holy Ordos of His Majesty's Imperial Inquisition. You have the rosette, and with that rosette comes the authority to order the death of an entire world, and to consign a billion souls to oblivion. For the purposes of our thought experiment you are a true believer in the Imperium. It is the best, last hope for mankind and your job, your only job, is to push back the dying of the light by a decade, a year, a week, even just a day. To hold the line against the witch, the heretic, and the alien.
But which one is the most morally consistent with your internal value system as a man or woman who wholeheartedly supports the Imperium? The Ordo Xenos, Malleus, or Hereticus? Yes I'm aware that there are innumerable minor ordos, but work with me here and don't say "actually it's the Ordo Cronos." Does pursuit of the witch, the heretic, or the alien provide the greatest opportunity for pushing back the decay that besets the Imperium? There are of course excellent arguments for any of the options. The Alien is the most obvious threat. Unsubtle, overpowering, and always nibbling at the edges of Imperial space. The Tyranid breed xenos is an existential threat, and left unchecked it will consume the galaxy. But there are also countless other xenos threats, ranging from the major (Orks), to the relatively minor (Hrud). On the other hand, the heretic gnaws away at the fabric of the Imperium. Left unchecked they will fester and explode into rebellion, resulting in the deaths of millions or billions, and the diversion of hard-pressed Imperial resources away from the borders of Imperial space. On the third hand (insert genestealer joke here), the witch is the hardest to find and fight, while potentially representing the worst possible outcome. Too many witches go unchecked, and you risk letting a warp storm open in Imperial space, dragging countless human souls into literal hell where they will be murder/rape/tortured for eternity. Better to be eaten by Tyranids than dragged into the warp no?
I deliberately put this in the fun thread because I don't have a great answer, mostly because I can see the valid arguments for any of the above. Also because it's a silly thought experiment. But I'm curious as to what those mottizens who are familiar with the 40k universe think. Or if you're not familiar with the 40k universe, if anything jumps out as you as an obvious answer.
There is none. They are all mostly (in)competent, and Warhammer 40k makes a mockery of the meta-viewers moral ethics systems. Being a utilitarian in 40k is just as monstrous as a virtues-ethics or a wishy-washy moderate.
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