[hobbes1]

Ummmmm, yes, the end does not always justify the means, in evidence I give you the Senator for Washingtons states dedicated voters. Maria Cantwell.

[Carry_Okie]

Aristotle blew the question of ends and means wide open over 2,000 years ago (this is paraphrased):

No one selcts an "end" except as a means to something else. There are no ends; there are only means.