«The end justifies the means» is a phrase that is present in several modern languages and that has application in the political, business or in ethical matters. It means that when the final objective is important, any means to achieve it are valid. The phrase is attributed to the Italian political philosopher Niccolo Machiavelli, although in reality the phrase was written by Napoleon Bonaparte on the last page of his copy of the book The Prince (1532), by Machiavelli.
The end justifies the means is a phrase that refers to the individual willing to do anything thing that you want to achieve or comply a goal. Said phrase in a principle It was applied only in the field of political, or business, but currently addresses other contexts of the Life of the individual.
This phrase is used to evade any act o by that are contrary to ethics and good manners but which carry a presumably good end. With this phrase the individual places in a second map la moral and ethics, and justifies all his deceptive means as long as they allow him to achieve a certain end.
En conclusion, according to this phrase and its assumption Author the acts of men must be court by the results, so if in the end the individual achieves his objectives, the means must be accepted.
Several Jesuit writers produced texts whose content has been interpreted by some critics as an apology for the idea that “the end justifies the means.” Baltasar Gracián is credited with the phrase “Everything is gilded by a good end, even if it is contradicted by the mistakes of the means,” in his work Oracle manual and art of prudence (1647), and Hermann Busenbaum wrote "When the end is lawful, the means are also lawful» (Latin: cum finis est licitus, etiam media sunt licita) in a manual of theology moral of 1650. Various people have defended the Company of Jesus and claim that the Jesuits never taught that immoral means can be used to achieve a good end.
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