damnum absque injuria

11/13/2007

“The Ends Justify the Means”

Filed under:   by Xrlq @ 10:22 pm

Of course they do, or can anyway. To argue otherwise is to argue, in effect, that if the road to hell is paved with good intentions, then dammit, we should all go to hell.

Discuss.

6 Responses to ““The Ends Justify the Means””

  1. nk Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 10:25 am

    Bah! Socrates blew this away 2300 hundred years ago. The means should be the most appropriate to achieve the end. Neither can be separated from the other. In other words, always try to use the right tool for the job.

  2. McGehee Says:
    November 14th, 2007 at 11:43 am

    If the ends don’t justify the means, where the **** did we come up with “All’s well that ends well”…?

  3. Dana Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 4:56 pm

    And if the ends don’t justify the means, what does?

  4. nk Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 10:25 pm

    It seems to me that sometimes the means justify the ends. Dinner, dancing, cocktails, sweet nothings for …?

  5. Xrlq Says:
    November 19th, 2007 at 10:38 pm

    All unjustified, unless they lead to … um … oh, never mind.

  6. nk Says:
    November 22nd, 2007 at 9:48 pm

    My sister-in-law cooked us a classic Thanksgiving meal, with all the trimmings, and sent us home with enough left-overs for the next three days. Whether she did it because she likes us, or only wants us to think that she likes us, or that she wants us to like her … the meal more than justified her motives.

    Happy Thanksgiving to the whole Xrlq clan!

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