Rotten Egg Make A Good Omelette Analysis

Introduction

Can a “Rotten Egg” make a “Good Omelette?” The end/means dilemma is an old and popular scenario. The answer to this question depends on what the type of goals or ends are and what means are being used to achieve them. Then, the ends do justify the means only when goals and means used to achieve them are good and noble. When a person says, "the ends justify the means" they are saying that if the end result is noble enough, it will justify whatever measures are taken to achieve that goal. Gandhi said that: “I feel that our progress towards the goal will be in exact proportion to the purity of our means”. Indeed, according to the Gandhian philosophy, the means and ends are like the two sides of the same coin. They are inseparable from each other. For example, Gandhiji struggled whole life against British and never adopted the wrong means

I. Do ends ethically justify their means?

That is not what most people mean when they use the expression "the ends justify the means". Most use it as an excuse to attain their goals through any means necessary, regardless of immoral, illegal or unpleasant aspect. What the expression usually means is something like “It doesn’t matter how you get what you want as long as you get it.” So “They say ‘means are after all means’. Whereas, Gandhi would say ‘means are after all everything’. As the means so the end”. For example, if someone got rich by ripping off other people does not mean that he/she is a good business person. It just