[lbo-talk] Re: Ends/Means

[H. Curtiss Leung]

An 'end' is would be a need/desideratum that would be (somehow) assessed to
be worthy of fulfillment, wouldn't it?  'Means' would be various ways of 
fulfilling the worthy desideratum.  But--even we do not prohibit some acts
on the grounds that they are in themselves abhorrent--it's clear (to me at
least) that any means to an end has conseqences other than the intended
end.  Do these come into conflict with the end sought?


> 
> >Where there are several means to effect an end, the question is how does one
> >choose between them, what are the best means to effect the desired outcome?
> 
> I don't believe that either the end or the means are of any importance 
> until you've assessed the need that each are positioned to fill. 
>