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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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Does the end ever justify the means?
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RE: Does the end ever justify the means?
October 11, 2017 at 1:19 pm (This post was last modified: October 11, 2017 at 1:19 pm by FatAndFaithless.)
(October 11, 2017 at 1:16 pm)pool the matey Wrote: Scenario:

You have a young daughter. She is kidnapped, raped and killed. You know who did it but you don't have any evidence. Court rules the culprit not guilty due to lack of evidence. You kill the person.

End: Justice
Means: Murder

Does the "end does not justify the means" hold any water here?

No, it doesn't.  Committing murder isn't justice.  That's just emotional vengeance.  I would be able to understand why someone would do that to someone who raped and killed their kid, but I certainly wouldn't say they did the right thing, and it wouldn't be justice.  Now there's just one more murder in the list of murders throughout history.

There's also a lot of uncertainties in your scenario - such as how do they 'know' who did it if they don't have any evidence?
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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 FatAndFaithless - October 11, 2017 at 1:19 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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