The statement is just as much a way of convincing himself that what he's doing is right as it is a way to convince anyone else. It's like a murderer who justifies murder by saying "They were going to die sometime anyway." People don't want to live with the knowledge that they're bad, so they come up with justifications for it.
The statement is just as much a way of convincing himself that what he's doing is right as it is a way to convince anyone else. It's like a murderer who justifies murder by saying "They were going to die sometime anyway." People don't want to live with the knowledge that they're bad, so they come up with justifications for it.