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		manifestsilence on Nov 2, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: On Wall Street, a high-ranking few still avoid ema... Exactly - certain means are perhaps inherently not justifiable. Consequentialism vs. other competing philosophical stances. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consequentialism

saint_fiasco on Nov 2, 2016 [–]

I see. So the interesting moral claim is not "the end justify the means" (which is too obvious) but rather "For every mean there exists at least one end that can justify it", which is controversial.

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