Do you think there are situations where the ends can justify the means? For instance the classic 'stealing bread to feed a starving dependant'... or is this reasoning always flawed?
(this is a question asked and given only four answers. I think it is a good question)
2007-02-10 09:54:40 · 8 answers · asked by ? 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Perhaps in the making of a work of art. But as one artist said, the ends are in the means.
2007-02-10 10:03:46 · answer #1 · answered by Aspurtaime Dog Sneeze 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A great question and the presentation of any matter will definitely justify the means and the ends.
2007-02-10 10:01:39 · answer #2 · answered by JoJoBa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd steal food for my baby in a heartbeat, if there was no other way. Don't even for a second think I'd feel bad about it either. So yes, sometimes "immoral" actions can be justified.
2007-02-10 10:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by Amanda D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ends never justify the means.
The ends and means are not two separate things...they are one and the same.
Evil begets evil...and evil does not beget good.
Besides, nothing can be justified...it is what it is.
~ Eric Putkonen
2007-02-10 10:09:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ethics are not "justifiable" as they cannot be axiomatically derived. Ethics are a product of experience and reason, but subject to neither.
2007-02-10 10:03:32 · answer #5 · answered by neil s 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The laws of man do not coincide with with morality and survival of ones being , by the way love your eye
2007-02-10 10:02:05 · answer #6 · answered by BajaRick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In all kinds of complicated circumstances of course.
Hell, our whole government is about doing shady immoral things for the "greater good"....
2007-02-10 10:02:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a victory for God.
2007-02-10 10:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋