Question On My Mind:

I've been thinking a lot about this one lately.

DOES THE 'END', JUSTIFY THE 'MEANS'?

Never?  Always?  Sometimes?  What if the 'end' is a good and noble thing?  What does the 'example' of the way we execute the 'means' teach our children/or others really?  What does it say about us? (Publically and privately in those times when it is just us and God.)

I've always had the view that it's about the whole package.  The 'means' must be a part of the 'end'.  They go together and life's real lessons are about both pieces.

I'm learning others don't see it that way, and I'm conflicted.

Please weigh in.