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Response to Western Canon #082

>>>What is more important?  Maintaining a strict ethical policy or
>>>obtaining an end that is fair and justifiable to all parties
>>>involved?
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>>An end that is most just to all, of course.
>
>You did not fully answer my question.  Instead, you briefly responded
>to my basic premise and did not discuss my example.  Let me be more
>specific.
>
>You stated that you believe that "the end" is more important than the means
>of obtaining "the end."
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Where did we say that?

>Then why do you insist that Machiavelli's writing
>has immoral and unethical standards when "the end" is good for the public?

Where does he say that unequivocally?

Adler/Weismann

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