the end justifies the means
By ag_abscruzmd
@ag_abscruzmd (2282)
United States
January 28, 2007 12:59pm CST
I do believe that whatever you did in your life amounts to nothing when you have asked for forgiveness for each and every sin you have committed at the end. Thus, the end justifies the means (and not the other way around). Of course, there are qualifications. You should not keep on committing the same mistakes again.
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@Artsimba (1334)
• United States
28 Jan 07
I don't think thats what it means to say "the end justifies the means". I blelive we are all human and we all sin, and should continue to ask forgiveness for our offenses against God, however, the best we can each do is to strive to not sin, so I agree with you on this. As far as the phrase you mentioned I'd like to give you an example of what I always believed what "the end justifies the means" meant to me. If someone were to lie on a job application, for instance, in order to obtain the job, that person might think its okay to do this even though it's immoral and illegal. I'm sure you and I could come up with many more examples, but I hope you see what I mean.
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@didi13 (2926)
• Romania
6 Apr 12
End justifies the means ... is only a relative notion. In some cases to even justify the means, but we're talking about means that does not involve a crime or injury to physical / psychological one course. Once involved one of the things above, may be good purpose, but that of satisfaction that you helped someone, you had to go over some own moral values??? So mostly not, end does not justify the means in my opinion.
