Do the ends justify the means? In other words ‘does a good outcome excuses any wrong doings committed to attain it?’ The dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 was the method to end WWII in the Pacific. Although there is justification‚ the attacks did not definitively end the war. There were many alternative ways of ending the war‚ the best being through negotiation‚ or though a combination of conventional bombing and naval blockade. The US war strategy was cruel and the destruction
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Ender’s Game: A Simulation to Justify All Means Ender’s Game is author Orson Scott Card’s best-known work. The novel has sold over one million copies and is published worldwide (Whyte). The novel won the Hugo and Nebula award in 1986; science fiction’s most prestigious writing awards (University of Utah). In summary‚ the plot of the novel is a story about a young child‚ Ender Wiggin‚ taken away from his family by the International Fleet (a world order devoted to protecting the planet from space
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Did Stalin’s accomplishments justify his means? While in some ways his methods prepared Russia for World War II and caught the country up with the rest of the world‚ his methods for reforming the Soviet Union were brutal‚ cut throat and resulted in the deaths of millions. Therefore‚ after much thought‚ I have come to the conclusion that Stalin’s accomplishments did not make up for the horrid acts he committed for the ‘greater good.’ During the time that he was in power‚ it is estimated that he was
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Means and Ends: How Hamlet’s supposed insanity justifies and masks his true goal of revenge In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet uses “comedy” and insanity as a façade to mask his inner turmoil. By using humor and insanity‚ he can misdirect his own means of whether or not he wants to kill his father’s murderer‚ King Claudius. Hamlet believes that if he can keep people off balance regarding his physical state of mind‚ they will question only his sanity‚ not his ultimate plot of revenge. However
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Machiavelli is known for coining the phrase‚ “Ends justifying the means” in his book The Prince. This quote leaves us with the question‚ “is it worth it to reach a goal no matter what you have to do to get there?” Machiavelli believed that wrong deeds can be justified simply by having a good purpose for those actions but his theory is flawed‚ because no matter the end goal one should not try to reach it through evil actions. People are only to be excused if the means used to reach a certain objective are
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When you’ve finished the book called‚ ‘The Giver’‚ the most conspicuous portion of the text you would wonder about is‚ ‘What does the ending mean?’ The foreshadowed description of hypothermia could result to death‚ or it could be the frozen sensitivity from the thick downpour ‚ leading to a fallen victim who would be quickly casted into a paralyzed state. But‚ if you haven’t had a chance to read the novel yet‚ here’s a quick summary of the story. The novel starts off with a 12 year-old boy named
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1469-1527. He became convinced that political unity and independence were ends that justified any means. Machiavelli meant by “the end justifies the means”‚ that the end result of an action was justified by the actions you took to get there. This famous quote is relevant in leadership today by examples of Harry Trumans dropping of the atom bomb‚ Hitlers final solution‚ and the attacks of 9/11. “The end justifies the means” was expressed in Truman’s decision to drop the atom bomb on Hiroshima and
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Rodjanét Williams History 101 Professor Saul Panski April 22‚ 2013 To Justify War or Not to Justify War? That is the Question On May 11‚ 1846‚ James K. Polk delivered his address to Congress requesting a Declaration of War on the Republic of Mexico. President Polk justified his war by saying in his message that Mexico had attacked American troops and invaded the United States. He also brought up the issue that initially brought about all of the tensions between the U.S. and Mexico‚ which was
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Means are more important than end This is a well- known proverb that we have heard many times. The ends are our goals and the means are the specific actions are take to achieve these goals. This proverb is often misleading as it gives the idea that we can achieve this goal through any means. I don’t think that the means is less important than the end. We all have so many goals to achieve. We also have our own ways of accomplishing it. Getting the desired result by any means is not at all correct
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Does Death Means the End? It is true that death is probably the saddest thing that could happen to our loved ones. As a matter of fact‚ thinking about this idea can bring many feelings such as fear‚ sadness and loneliness. It will be always hard to discuss when it comes to topics like death. Since early ages and human kind tries to explore and have a better understanding of death‚ and even with the modern technology and advanced medicine‚ we still unable to understand such phenomena. Thus‚ death
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