The means does not justify the end. It is still wrong if the way the end was achieved erroneously specially if crazy
2006-07-13 22:41:11
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answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7
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Yes, this is still a moral question--and the action you describe is unethical.
The problem is that you are assuming that "good consequences" make up for "wrong actions." But why should we measure the morality of an act by its consequences. That suggests that something that is wrong--like rape--would "become" right if we could somehow just get the consequences to turn out better. But that is absurd.
Morality is not about consequences (although there are a lot of people who think that way). Morality is about the type of action being performed and the motive behind the action. If you do something crazy (i.e., irrational) that is wrong by its nature, then the act cannot be "made moral" because of the consequences which just happen to result.
Notice one other thing that would be unacceptable about your suggestion. If this is true, then we cannot know whether we do something right or wrong until we have finished the action and the consequences are known. So we could do something that we think is "totally wrong" and find out later--because of the consequences--that it was good. But that would also mean that we do something we think is right, only to find out later--based on the consequences--that it was wrong.
That would mean that morality is no longer something that we can decide to do. But morality should tell us the right thing to do, then give us the chance to do that right thing. If right and wrong ultimately depends on the consequences of our actions, then I cannot "be good" based on my choice--I will only find out if I was good or bad after the dust settles. And that is not an acceptable interpretation of morality.
2006-07-14 20:23:21
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answered by tdw 4
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I think it's an issue of how well you can take the battle against your self, your own beliefs & principles.Society and civilization sets those groundrules of what's good and what's unacceptable.In your case,what you thought was wrong may not necessarily be of the same judgment to the rest of the outside world.You can only be glad that out of that something wrong&crazy act a perfect situation evolved and if it wasn't,well....you can always charge it to experience, a lesson to regularly mirror every now and then when faced with the same trouble in the near future.
Believe in yourself.Be good if you can at all times and keep that smile :)
2006-07-14 05:56:24
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answered by cascadingrainbows 4
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It wont matter to others especially if you don't tell them...But you will always question yourself... not how it happened to be the better choice... but what made you do it that way.
If you stole for a thrill... but ended up giving it up to people hungry... or killed a murderer... would you be able to face the victims of your crime and tell them what you did...
Could you tell the shop owners that you fed people with stuff you stole... could you tell the parents of the murderer that even though you saved other lives you tok theone tht counted to them?
Its all about how you feel after... not what happens after... I can say that stealing stuff didnt makeme feel good (besides the thrill)... but just because i was good at it and never got caught... i still don't think i did a good thing by giving it to other people.
2006-07-14 05:48:21
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answered by Anonymous
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It might be a coincidence or the way God planned it.
2006-07-14 05:52:19
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answered by Anonymous
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