📚 proverb • entry_id 37652
the end justifies the means
Meanings (ES + gloss)
el fin justifica los medios
Morally wrong actions are sometimes necessary to achieve morally right outcomes; actions can be considered morally right or wrong only by virtue of the morality of the outcome.
Marxists were often criticized for believing that the ends justified the means, yet these old Cold Warriors were now the ones using ends to justify means—attacking science in the n…
Shepard: You honestly think the experiments you did here are justified? Maelon: We committed cultural genocide! Nothing I do will ever be justified! Maelon: The experiments are mon…
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