2007-01-29 03:34:34 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I know this is open ended. I first asked with a specific example but Yahoo pulled it for some reason. Had to do with well-done Christian movies made by a company that also makes adult movies. Don't know who the wording offended, but this is all I meant.
2007-01-29 03:49:01 · update #1
Perhaps. Situational ethics can be hotly debated. It's best to do the right things for the right reasons, however doing the right things for the wrong reasons still has a good effect.
Cleary, there are means that are not justified by the ends, i.e. stealing from a bank to feed the poor, or wiping out the staving nations in order to reduce the number of people starving. On the other hand a white lie to make some one feel better is probably not bad.
You really can not make a blanket statement that the end always justifies the means or to the contrary.
2007-01-29 03:42:37 · answer #1 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure if you're god.
god to do list:
Torture Job,
Turn person to pillar of salt
Destroy Sodom and Gomorrah (sp?)
Flood Earth
Kick Adam and his girlfriend out of Eden
Get Abraham to knife his son, then tell him not to
Have nonconsensual relations with Mary.
Commit suicide on cross.
Start Holy war, or two, or three or maybe a lot.
Teach Moses how to part Red Sea.
Drown Egyptian Army.
Teach Mohammad Ata to fly 757
Tell George to Invade Iraq.
Tell Pat Robinson to spread word of hate.
Dido to Jerry Falwell.
2007-01-29 11:46:49 · answer #2 · answered by Devil in Details 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We all get what we deserve. Civility implies that we do this on the up and up. The survival of the fittest implies that we scratch our way to survive. Peace of mind says that we search our souls to do what we need to survive and pay caution to anything above those needs, taking other people's feelings into account.
2007-01-29 11:40:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Does the effect justify the cause? No, not always. Same with means/ends.
2007-01-29 11:38:54 · answer #4 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most religions seem to think so.
Think about how many people have been tortured and killed in an attempt to achieve "peace on earth" through the elimination of other religions..
2007-01-29 11:41:45 · answer #5 · answered by lunatic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
personally,i think that, heaven and hell are only made up things used to tame the population...
you're going in the ground when you die, so live your life as you wish without having the incentive of heaven, i bet you can still be a good person
2007-01-29 11:39:35 · answer #6 · answered by Shellular Kellular 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it does not. An innately immoral act remains immoral regardless of what perceived or actual good may result from committing it.
2007-01-29 11:41:41 · answer #7 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if the means is behaving badly or being evil or malicious.
2007-01-29 11:39:15 · answer #8 · answered by Fotomama 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-01-29 11:39:05 · answer #9 · answered by Adrienne C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No - doing wrong, even with the most of altruistic reasons, is wrong.
2007-01-29 11:39:14 · answer #10 · answered by padwinlearner 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋