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Does the end ever justify the means?

Poll: Does the end ever justify the means?
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Yes, the end does always/mostly justify the means.
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No, the end does not always/mostly justify the means.
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RE: Does the end ever justify the means?
October 11, 2017 at 12:57 pm
(October 11, 2017 at 12:55 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote:
(October 11, 2017 at 12:43 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: If the end is a good result, the means are justified.

No.

The end:  World peace
The means: Universal genocide

QED

Or something even on a small scale.

The end: My mother gets her medicine for her asthma.
The means: I murdered an asthmatic in the alleyway for his inhaler.
In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.
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RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by FatAndFaithless - October 11, 2017 at 12:40 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Silver - October 11, 2017 at 12:43 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Jackalope - October 11, 2017 at 12:55 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by FatAndFaithless - October 11, 2017 at 12:57 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Jackalope - October 11, 2017 at 1:03 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Anomalocaris - October 11, 2017 at 1:06 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Jackalope - October 11, 2017 at 1:49 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Edwardo Piet - October 11, 2017 at 7:24 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Silver - October 11, 2017 at 1:21 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Edwardo Piet - October 11, 2017 at 2:02 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Aegon - October 11, 2017 at 12:44 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Edwardo Piet - October 11, 2017 at 12:47 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Edwardo Piet - October 11, 2017 at 12:49 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Brian37 - October 11, 2017 at 1:03 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by brewer - October 11, 2017 at 1:12 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Jackalope - October 11, 2017 at 1:49 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by bennyboy - October 11, 2017 at 1:22 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by bennyboy - October 11, 2017 at 1:19 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Losty - October 11, 2017 at 2:07 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Mister Agenda - October 11, 2017 at 4:14 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Edwardo Piet - October 12, 2017 at 8:37 am
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Losty - October 11, 2017 at 4:18 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by mlmooney89 - October 11, 2017 at 4:33 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by The Valkyrie - October 11, 2017 at 4:44 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Catholic_Lady - October 11, 2017 at 6:40 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by WinterHold - October 12, 2017 at 9:53 pm
RE: Does the end ever justify the means? - by Court Jester - October 12, 2017 at 11:19 pm

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