Re: PHIL: The end and the means

Dan Fabulich (daniel.fabulich@yale.edu)
Sat, 06 Mar 1999 00:02:31 -0500

At 07:06 PM 3/5/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dan,
>
> If the end don't justify the means, then what does? The results do, all of
>them, both intentional and by-product. I know it was just a tag-on, but I
>wasn't able to resist commenting. Everyone, please continue with your
>regularly scheduled programming.

As a consequentialist, I have to agree here. By "ends" I mean the end results, or total outcome (in the technical sense).

-Dan

     -IF THE END DOESN'T JUSTIFY THE MEANS-
               -THEN WHAT DOES-