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Just since we are on the topic of murder, consider this:
If I killed Hitler in 1937 I would have (in theory) prevented the deaths of over 60,000,000 people. Is killing Hitler wrong then? Maybe so...
My reasoning is very unorthodox. If I didn't kill Hitler, those 60,000,000 people still would have died eventually. Not only that, they would have had children. If we assume 40,000,000 of them would have had 2 children if they lived then we are looking at about 80M people by 1970 and 160,000,000 people by about 2000, and now perhaps 200,000,000 people would have been born that weren't because of World War 2. Everyone who is born must die, so Hitler actually prevented 200M (and this number will grow as long as humans exist) deaths by directly or indirectly murdering 60M people from 1938 to 1945.
You consider a murderer a villain, but sound logic could also consider the same murderer a hero. I actually don't believe that because I don't believe there is a "right" or "wrong", but I still think it is an interesting concept to reflect on.
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