title: Necessary Evil
text: # Necessary Evil
  
  Necessary Evil may refer to:
  
  ## Ethics
  
  * Necessary evil, an evil that must be allowed for a greater good to result
  * Lesser of two evils principle
  
  ## Film and television
  
  * The Necessary Evil, a 1925 American silent film
  * Necessary Evil (2008 film), an American thriller film
  * Necessary Evil: Super-Villains of DC Comics, a 2013 documentary film
  * "Necessary Evil" (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), a television episode
  * "A Necessary Evil" (In the Heat of the Night), a television episode
  * "A Necessary Evil" (Xena: Warrior Princess), a television episode
  
  ## Music
  
  ### Albums
  
  * Necessary Evil (Deborah Harry album) or the title song, 2007
  * Necessary Evil (Salem album), 2007
  
  ### Songs
  
  * "Necessary Evil", by Armand Van Helden from 2 Future 4 U
  * "Necessary Evil", by Balance of Power from Heathen Machine
  * "Necessary Evil", by Body Count from Born Dead
  * "Necessary Evil", by the Dresden Dolls from Yes, Virginia...
  * "Necessary Evil", by Hans Zimmer from The Dark Knight Rises film soundtrack
  * "Necessary Evil", by Motionless in White from Graveyard Shift
  * "Necessary Evil", by Napalm Death from Enemy of the Music Business
  * "Necessary Evil", by Nikki Yanofsky from Little Secret
  * "Necessary Evil", by Unknown Mortal Orchestra from Multi-Love
  
  ## Other uses
  
  * Necessary Evil (aircraft), a B-29 Superfortress used in the 1945 atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima
  * Necessary Evil (comics), a 2019–2020 Power Rangers crossover event
  * Necessary Evil, a role-playing game campaign setting by Savage Worlds
  * Necessary Evil, a comic published by Desperado Publishing
  * A Necessary Evil, a Stargate audiobook
  * A Necessary Evil, novel by Abir Mukherjee
  