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The ends may very well justify the means over time, but it is nonetheless a simplistic way of looking at things.  It assumes that the turnout of ill-gotten gains will be for the better and that any morally decent way of attaining the end will fail.  Those who propose that the ends justify the means fail to take into account how the means shape the ends.

Look at all the conflict and hate that has been shaped by the poorly thought-out Cold War interventions of the West.  We chose evil means and we shaped evil ends.  When you use evil means, chances are you are not really thinking about all of the consequences.


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