does the end justifies the means
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DOES THE END JUSTIFY
THE MEANS?
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Before answering this question we need to define what it
means, the end justifies the means is used to say that a desired
result can be so good that any method, even a morally bad one
may be used to achieve it.
Yes the end can justify the means as long as the means used are
symmetrically equals to the goal, if you use bad means to
achieve a great goal the means have to justify the end by
symmetrically equal to the goal.
For me any evil action action is
acceptable as long as it is justifiable for a good cause and
that’s what Niccolo Machiavelli,the man who said this quote,
thinks too.
Let’s take an exemple, the example of Robin Hood a fictionnal
character from disney.
Robin Hood was considered as a criminal
because he was steeling from the rich to give back to the poors.
But he did that because his village was so poor that people
couldn’t even eat.
He knew that even if he stealed from the richs
they will steal live peacefully with enough money to live until
their last days, but his village couldn’t even live so yes in his
case the end justified the means he helped thousands of people
of course doing bad things but it resulted with something so
good that the means were justified.
When saying that the end justifies the means it doesn’t have to
imply that the means are immoral, let’s take the exemple of
some companies, some companies uses good things like being
a great company for the environment and use green policies.
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