Moral Luck
"In the end, luck swallows everything ... It all comes down to luck: luck—good or bad—in being born the way we are, luck—good or bad—in what then happens to shape us. We can’t be ultimately responsible for how we are in such a way as to have absolutely, buck-stopping responsibility for what we do." — Galen Strawson
In general, even the worst atrocities typically have been committed not simply because they are bad but as a side effect of other actions or as a means to some other end.
William MacAskill • What We Owe the Future
I read a quote that said,
"I don't think bad things happen to good people; I think bad things happen to everyone, and the way good people respond is what makes them good." It changed my perspective, and I couldn't agree more.