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[Star Wars] How did the Jedi morally justify using living clones as an army? Shouldn't they have been the side to use droids?

These clones were made to fight and die. They essentially were breeding pit bulls for dog fighting, which is really scummy. 

When the Death Star blows up Alderaan, Obi-Wan can feel the millions of people dying. Their pain and screams are enough to reach him. It seems like any peace loving group of people would hate the idea of artificially creating life to make them soldiers in a war. Also- didn't the Jedi want to bring balance to the force? Seems like mass-producing humans would mess up that balance in a big way. 

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Was there any explanation of this? Or was any Jedi publicly against the idea?
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Forcing the Jedi to ethically compromise themselves was all part of the purpose of the war. The cognitive dissonance of which you speak was a contributing factor to the unusual number of Jedi that fell to the Dark Side or left the order during the Clone Wars.

>Also- didn't the Jedi want to bring balance to the force? Seems like mass-producing humans would mess up that balance in a big way.

​Yes and no. Balance in the Force doesn't mean quite what you think. The Dark Side, especially as practiced by the Sith, is the source of the imbalance. So yes, the clones were the result of the machinations of a powerful Sith Lord, but like all living creatures they were themselves simply a manifestation of the Force.