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Re: Goodness of Man? (was: Re: Merry Christmas from the Libertarian Party
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On Thu, 6 Jan 2000 14:31:12 GMT, Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net>
wrote:

Yes. Unless you're a big fan of "the ends justify the means". Good
outcomes do not justify pernicious mechanisms for achieving them.

But from a utilitarian argument,

"utilitarian" == "ends justify the means", no?

Jasper



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<38741B0A.4F62FC4B@c...anweb.net> <slrn879752.341.matt...ia.bu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit (...) Yes. Unless you're a big fan of "the ends justify the means". Good outcomes do not justify (...) (25 years ago, 6-Jan-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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