Your comment reminds me of a topic from "What We Owe The Future"[0][1], in particular an idea in ethics that is aptly called the repugnant conclusion[2].

This is not a perfect parallel but both the RC and your comment touch on the idea of how or when it is justified to make X people's life worse to make Y people's life better.

I would strongly recommend not to take an axiomatic approach to this topic.

[0] https://whatweowethefuture.com/

[1] https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/book-review-what-we-ow...

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repugnant_conclusion