Somebody believe in "The end justifies the means."
They believe that a final result is so important that any method, even a morally bad one, may be used to achieve it!
Do you agree or not?
What are your reasons?
A strong quote that is used by many especially when ignoring the ethical dimension to it! I do not do it because of my moral and ethical stances. Though I try to use the win-win negotiation approach as much as possible.
A strong quote that is used by many especially when ignoring the ethical dimension to it! I do not do it because of my moral and ethical stances. Though I try to use the win-win negotiation approach as much as possible.
YES I AGREE with the quote "The end justifies the means."
The means determine the end. If one uses one's resources properly, the end will be good. If one's resources are people and they're misused, they'll turn back upon the maker or leader. Stalin reversed this, for example, so that his ends justified his means. Millions died to achieve his aims. His chief of security (lead killer), Berria, sensed he was about to get it and instead he poisoned Stalin. Let's learn from history and not try again what didn't work before...
I do not agree with this idea.
Somebody believe that if a father punishes his son, he will be polite.
But I think this politeness is useless, because the end doesn't justify the means.
"The end justifies the means" is valid till one follows the right path ethically with positive intentions. To attain the final results by following unethical practices is not the right way at all.
I share the same opinion with Mahesh. The end justifies the means is acceptable only if that "end" is got by the right "means"
I think right means are more important than right goals.
A person who use right means is honest.
I agree with most people's opinions on this issue but in the end I would slightly differ. I think it is all circumstantial, I believe one's circumstances will play a critical role on the one end up using to get to the desired end. I will tell you an honest story about myself. This is my Story please feel free to criticise me and say anything I will not be offended. Here is my story.
I am a Zimbabwean man and I bought an ex Japan car on Befoward and had it delivered at the port of dar es salaam in Tanzania for economic reasons. I travelled a friend from Zimbabwe to Tanzania to collect the car. The problem arose at the Tanzania /Zambia border thats Tunduma on the Tanzanian side on my return. My colegue was travelling outside Zimbabawe for the first time, his passport was new. The immigration officer out of nowhere just said I don't trust you to my colegue and said I am detaining you. I asked him what was the problem and he said you are from Zimbabwe, give me US$20 -00 and I let your friend and you go. I protested to him and he told me in strong terms that he was trusted by the government of Tanzania and when he says there is something wrong the government trusts him and they will detain the person pending investigation and you will be cleared of any wrong doing but you would have spent 5 or more days and you would have lost a lot in those days.
I had struggled to be granted 4 days from my workplace to go and collect the car. I PAID THE US$20-00 AND LEFT.
I ALSO LEARNED THAT IF YOU ARE A FOREIGNER YOU DON'T EASILY GET YOUR WAY IN SOME COUNTRIES.
In my opinion, "The end justifies the means." is not correct.
If you do wrong, the result will not be valuable, even It looks good! Man should be honest from the first of his work without pay attention to its result.A good work is good originally and the bad one is bad.
I dont agree with idea that "the end justifies the means".
In my opinion, the purpose that is based on an immoral work is worthless, in other words, the basis of our work must be based on profitability and non-harm.
We should note consequentialism, that is the class of normative ethical theories holding that the consequences of one's conduct are the ultimate basis for any judgment about the rightness or wrongness of that conduct.
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