Do the ends justify the means?

Question

When you reflect, was what you did, what you wanted and how you did it, worth the the outcome?

Answer 1

Nope....


I should have stayed in the Navy until retirement, finished college, went into law like all four of my debate partners and married a rich beautiful woman.


Alas, none of these did I do.


Well, my wife is beautiful to me.... that part is good.





g-day!

Answer 2

4+4 = 8
2x4 = 8
16-8 = 8

Obviously life is not has simple has combining numerals. This is just an analogy to show that there are other means to reach a desired end. However, just because other means are possible - that does not guarantee other means are plausible or practicable. It depends on the situation. Perhaps a limited means is available to you?When it comes down to it you must evaluate your own code of ethics to decide if the end justifies the means according to your moral standards. It`s of no use to assume that there is either a right or wrong answer. There is no such thing as ethical facts only ethical opinions. Therefore a person must use introspection to evaluate the contents of their own soul to see if it`s worth it.

Answer 3

If the ends ought to justify the means then the means ought to be unjustified to start with. on account that there's no thank you to be conscious of with actuality no count number if the means will gain the ends, some thing can consistently go incorrect, it is greater ideal to stay interior ethical obstacles. you may not build a uncomplicated good by a private evil.

Answer 4

The ends always justify the means. Nothing can come from goodness all the time, sometimes noble things comes from evil and perverse doings. If the result was good then who cares about the means?

Answer 5

If they do, then only the consequences determine the rightness of an action, and rightness is not an intrinsic feature of any action itself.

If the rightness of actions can only be known after the consequences are revealed, then it can never be known which actions are right during (or prior to) the action.

Kant said "Always treat persons, whether yourself or others, as ends in themselves (never as means to an end)."

Answer 6

I do not think so. My own life experiences taught me that we also need to consider that the means we use to achieve an end, can hurt people, can do harm in several aspects.
I believe that it is important to consider the effects, which our deeds and thoughts and decisions have on other people and the environment at every new step we take and not only have our end in mind.

Answer 7

Some of the big break-throughs in medical science have come about because the rules have been relaxed : penicillin was developed during WW2 to name just one. So although WW2 had a huge death list, how many more people have lived with the introduction of penicillin?

Answer 8

Justify:

To prove or show to be just;
right;
desirable;

e.g. Can you justify the spending of such a large sum?

another meaning;

to clear from blame

Answer 9

hitler definitely thought so.

you could argue GENERALLY that the end justifies the means, i suppose, but there are too many specific examples that show otherwise. maybe if the means are the least evil possible to reach any particular end, then they are justifiable..

Answer 10

It does if it ends up positive for you!