Thomas Nagel Thomas Nagel totally rejects the principle that 
.... If the stakes are high enough, the
means can
justify the end. .... Abscombe and Nagel agree that the end could never
justify the
means. ....
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Allegory of the Cave and John Dewey
.... the consequences. 4) Every man lets the end
justify the
means when he becomes over-interested in any cause or project. 5) We all ....
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Philosophical Discussion of Manipulation
.... Does the end
justify the
means? .... In some instances, the ends DO
justify the
means as long as they are not immoral, illegal, or cause physical harm. ....
(1250
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Rhetorical Techniques
.... off any ordinary human scale." There is no room permitted in this argument for the conclusion that the ends achieved through torture
justify the
means that are ....
(1985
8
)
Advertising Campaign
.... to whether Benetton's concealed a plan to condemn capital punishment for fear of being denied access to prisoners, on the theory that ends
justify means. ....
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)
Michael Walzer on Political Action
.... this choice must be made? Machiavelli is famous, or infamous, for arguing that the ends
justify the
means. It is less familiar that ....
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Concept of Justice
.... Machiavelli embodies for many the idea that the ends do
justify the
means and that the Prince can do whatever is necessary to achieve his ends, while Plato ....
(1770
7
)
Utilitarianism Arguments
.... when they are electrically or surgically altered? Does the end
justify the
means? In cases of persistent vegetative state, most ....
(1763
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)
COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS
The question of whether the ends
justify the
means is more than an esoteric philosophical issue; in business, the question has resulted in the development of ....
(1189
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The concept of natural law
.... Machiavelli in The Prince seems to suggest that vice may sometimes replace virtue if the ends can be said to
justify the
means. ....
(1693
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)
Affirmative Action
.... There is no room for grey areas like there is in Utilitarian ethics. In an ethical system of duties, the ends can never be used to
justify the
means. ....
(1248
5
)
Machiavelli, Hobbes & Locke
.... consideration lead him to formulate theories of maintaining power that involve force, coercion, and the underlying principle that the ends
justify the
means. ....
(2550
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Hamlet and the Ghost
.... His unconvincing doubting of the Ghost is simply a
means to
justify his delay and the ruse of the play-within-a-play which is designed to draw Claudius out and ....
(1717
7
)
Shakespeare's Hamlet & the Ghost
.... His unconvincing doubting of the Ghost is simply a
means to
justify his delay and the ruse of the play-within-a-play which is designed to draw Claudius out and ....
(1717
7
)
Locke's Second Treatise of Government
.... by Locke in this book is used as a
means to support the right to private property. In his Preface, Locke argues that his book is meant to "
justify to the world ....
(2217
9
)
Views of Morality
.... free society, involving a consensus on what consequences are desired and what consequences are to be avoided as well as that the ends do not
justify the
means. ....
(2182
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)
Ethical Issue: Falsifying Information
.... It further specifies that "praiseworthy goals can never
justify the immoral actions; ends do not
justify the
means" ("Deontological Ethics"). ....
(1222
5
)
The Odyssey, Hamlet, The Canterbury Tales
.... For the moralist who seeks equity, sometimes the ends
justify the
means. The Minister may also take a lesson from Hamlet's procrastination. ....
(1441
6
)
Power Relations in Literature Power relations are featured in ...
.... Machiavelli in The Prince seems to suggest that vice may sometimes replace virtue if the ends can be said to
justify the
means. ....
(2067
8
)
Depiction of Power Relations in Literature Power relations are ...
.... Machiavelli in The Prince seems to suggest that vice may sometimes replace virtue if the ends can be said to
justify the
means. ....
(2067
8
)
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe
.... rebel and anti-rebel forces appear deeply involved in drug sales to support their causes, creating a completely corrupted ends-
justify-the-
means reality on ....
(1486
6
)
Top Girls by Caryl Churchill The purpose of this resear
.... [But] the end cannot
justify the
means: if she finds that her revolutionary way leads only to further discipline and continuing incomprehension, with ....
(3592
14
)
Budget Formats The purpose of this paper is to cr
.... What the name actually
means, however, is that all budgeting units are required to "start at zero budget levels each year and
justify all costs as if the ....
(1612
6
)
Canadian Confederation
.... more liberal social view, though it is not clear what he
means here by .... indicated by Taylor: The Canadian federal union has been induced to
justify itself, and ....
(1054
4
)
The Internet as a Marketing Channel
.... Second, the same long-term character of such relationships
means that the .... There are reasons other than channel conflict that might
justify the elimination of ....
(908
4
)
Budgeting This paper ex
.... What the name actually
means, however, is that all budgeting units are required to "start at zero budget levels each year and
justify all costs as if the ....
(1720
7
)
IMPROVING A COUNTY BUDGET SYSTEM Introduction A
.... What the name actually
means, however, is that all budgeting units are required to "start at zero budget levels each year and
justify all costs as if the ....
(1832
7
)
Reason and the Moral Life
.... Socrates's thinking, and Socrates guides the dialogues so that each participant is forced to examine his beliefs and ideas and
justify them by
means of reason. ....
(1548
6
)
Beliefs of Various Philosophers
.... 5. Machiavelli in The Prince seems to suggest that vice may sometimes replace virtue if the ends can be said to
justify the
means. ....
(2561
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Analysis: Nonviolence
.... Men of moral grit like Holmes never
justify the use of violence, which is .... a vast amount of Germans justified their war as a necessary
means of counteracting ....
(1639
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)
