True or False?

[cardgame]

poll up shortly

 

[really]

False no true - what is the question?

 

[cardgame]

False no true - what is the question?

read the poll

 

[sophie]

The poll question is pretty subjective, but I'd say no, the ends generally don't justify the means.

 

[JollyRoger]

Depends on the ends and the means.

 

[Joecoolyo]

Though I did go with my gut and say false, it really does depend on the situation (as Jollyroger pointed out).

 

[Integral]

Depends on the ends and the means.

This. Though I look forward to the outcome of the poll.

 

[Gustave5436]

The means determine the ends, I should say.

 

[GinandTonic]

Depends on the ends and the means.

M' learned colleague strikes to the nub of the matter.

 

[SpiritWolf]

Not necessarily.

 

[Cutlass]

The end inherently justifies the means. Only not always. Does the end of getting a beer justify the means of getting up and walking to the fridge? Of course. You don't get an end without a means.

It's only when either the ends or the means are wrong in isolation that they are not justified.

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

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