Kind of. The means (and their consequences) are part of the ends. Most people trying to justify good ends through bad means forget that, and are actually pursuing bad ends. But if the sum of the results along the way is good, that’s good.
If you combine means and ends like that then it seems to be a tautological statement.
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Kind of. The means (and their consequences) are part of the ends. Most people trying to justify good ends through bad means forget that, and are actually pursuing bad ends. But if the sum of the results along the way is good, that’s good.
If you combine means and ends like that then it seems to be a tautological statement.