Did anyone not volunteer?
2007-12-01 10:01:04 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Government
If you had to cut off a terrorist's hand, and then throw salt on the wound in order to get him to disclose where his cohorts were smuggling a nuke into the U.S., then certainly the ends justify the means.
It is always preferable to be able to stick doggedly to high ideals, but sometimes there is no choice.
As one Supreme Court justice observed, "The Constitution is not a suicide pact."
2007-12-01 10:17:11 · answer #1 · answered by pachl@sbcglobal.net 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suppose that case can be made. But some things are always wrong. Communism promised a utopian workers paradise, if a 100 million have to die to establish a workers paradise maybe the "ends justify the means". After all you've got to break a few eggs to make an omlette. The problem is once the eggs are broken what can you do if the omlette is not as tasty as planned.
The problem with using the ends to justify the means is that the ends lie somewhere in a foggy future, and the evil of the means lies in the clear present.
2007-12-01 11:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by Roadkill 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not if innocent people get hurt in the process.
2007-12-01 10:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by deus82 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think so check the board of justice online
2007-12-01 10:04:39 · answer #4 · answered by lexiluv 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
great question for harry read,nancy pelosi and the rest of the democrat scum !!!
2007-12-01 10:39:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on what you talking about if it means hurting someone then no.
2007-12-01 10:04:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NOt under US law.
2007-12-01 10:05:07 · answer #7 · answered by Digital Age 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...not always
2007-12-01 10:03:05 · answer #8 · answered by Ferret 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEVER
2007-12-01 10:08:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋