Does The Ends Justify Means In Politics?

Does the ends justify means in politics?.

A characteristic behavior in today’s society is the belief that the ends justifies the means. This means actions people take are justified regardless of how they go about achieving their desired end result. The author’s opinion is going to be introduced in the following essay.

The statement that the ends justifies the means can be traced back to Niccolo Machiavelli. In politics Individuals are known at times to use Machiavelli’s phrase as an excuse when they try to achieve their own goals no matter how immoral, illicit, and wrong their means are. The question whether the end justifies the means depends on the type of goal or end a person wants to achieve and the means they use. In politics, it does not matter what means are used long as they get what they want. To justify their ends by some type of means sometimes involves doing a wrong thing when trying to achieve a positive end. The wrong justification can be seen in some horrors in human history such as the Holocaust (1941-45), the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski (august of 1945), both World Wars, and even the bombing of the World Trade Center.