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Debate Score:229
Arguments:177
Total Votes:309
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end is more important than means

no

Side Score: 87
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yes

Side Score: 142
4 points

one of my opponents says krishna has followed some unfair means let me tell my friend he wants to teach people unfair means is always unfair and it must be avoided at any cost.....

he also makes the point whether one will be ready to taste failure after hardwork..........

what absurdity it is hard work will never take you to failure is he ready to follow unfair means in the exams to get good marks??????

Krishna's words are very clear if you work hard you need not look for the fruit it will come itself....

Side: yes
phoenix(96) Disputed
3 points

friend,

i feel your speech is not in a correct manner

Lord Krishna wanted to show that we must suppress the Evil no matter what ever the means be.

well,

consider your own situations-

Do you work hard to get Knowledge or good marks or just because the hard work is the best way that can be used to achieve you end?

means have no meaning without a perfect result

You write the Exams and you will surely be very anxious about your marks.

Then how can you say that you need not look for the fruit????

You debate only to win dont you?

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
1 point

what i mean is different and it is reality

my goal is to win with a right path and a right way......................

i debate only to win because what i say is reality......................................

Side: No
prince(68) Disputed
1 point

dear deepishm,

ur comment to rebut my teammate is not meaningful-krishna did not teach any one what u said but he taught that according to the situation , u will have to shift ur preference. he wanted to show that evil must be supressed at anycost

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
1 point

then maybe my dear friend you should be called as the modern writer of the abridged bhagvad gita!........better reply with some evidences than just posting comments for points!

Side: no
3 points

i want to ask my one of my opponents who mentioned about scientists,he says scientists set their goals and work towards it did einstein set his goal,did newton set his goal first?????

Side: yes
anoop(6) Disputed
2 points

but that was an unexpected case and the mean would not have been so important if Newton had not put it to the goal, to the use and to the END. Thus, the importance of the mean is dependent on the end

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
1 point

and my dear friend where is the end without mean........if newton would have concluded on something without proving it through experiments!would his theory been written in our books..............

Side: no
1 point

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Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
2 points

setting goal doesn't mean to be explain relativity theroy for einstien, gravity for newton etc. the aim of the scientist is to invent something very useful to the mankind

Side: No
anoop(6) Disputed
1 point

mr.phoenix, I kindly request you not to leave meaningles messages in the debate

Side: No
2 points

parents and teachers are nowadays only pressurising at sudents to get gud marks. if end is all that they are looking for, then why do we have invigilators inspecting us, checking our means during the exams?

Rashmi

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
3 points

the scope of education extends far beyond obtaining marks- its main aim is to acquire

knowledge and use it in your day to fay life in a positive manner.

if someone says you are fit for nothing in studies it does not mean the end of the world. we could be having any other talent and we use it to shine in our life life. so we ultimately aspire for success in life. (the End)

Side: yes
2 points

i think many of us know about emperor Asoka.he was behind the war of Kalinga. He wanted to achieve the end, i.e to extend his territory and conquer Kalinga and he did succeed. But what happened after the war? He realized that the end was not worth the means by which it was achieved. He repented for what he did and today, he is one of the most remembered kings in history of India. Even though he killed so many people during the war, he is remembered for his repentance after it as he learned that the "means" wasn't correct.

Rashmi

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
1 point

but this is not the only instance to be taken into consideration as neha had said, positive approach is important.

the whole world is actually killing terrorists and not terrorism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Side: yes
2 points

do you know how the battles of the past were won successfully even before enterring the battlefield?

it is the result of PLANNING

planning leads to perfection

so i believe that planning is none other than the means used i suppose?

i conclude that means are more important.

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
1 point

princy,

listen to me.

if your plan in the battle flied fails, the planning is no longer regarded as a good one .but whether you win or not the end is constant it is always the best end. victory is always a good one

your planning will come into the existence of the society only if it is able to get you to the end.so it is not important.

moreover, you plan only to win. if you are planning for something, it shows that you are trying to achieve your end at any cost, because it is more important to win the battle and save your motherland rather than thinking that killing people is a sin. you should also think that if you don't kill them, they will kill you and your dependents.

Side: yes
1 point

Situations. Situations.

There are way too many variables left out of these little sayings. Like what IS the end and what ARE the means? If killing someone would save the whole world, does it justify the end-is the end more important? Maybe. But what if you killed someone to save your baseball card collection... Then is the end more important than the means?

As far as these concept goes, it's impossible to tag one thing as more important than the other because the means may have more impact than the end or vice versa.

Side: Too many variables

You wrote it as I would have Warlin...right on! ```````````````````````````````````

Side: No
1 point

Without Means it may be correct or incorrect the aim cannot be achieved. to reach to the end we need to start.

Side: No
anoop(6) Disputed
1 point

actually, ankit joshi is wrong because though we need a starting but we work and use the means for a definite destination and that destination is the end. And I would like to remind one thing to you that it has been said that end is more important than the means but it has not been said that means is not important. Only the comparison has been made.

Side: yes
0 points

I believe the means are the most important factors of the journey to the end. People can do some pretty mean things in order to get to the end they wish to reach. Therefore the means are the most important steps you can take to reach a good end.

Side: No
1 point

If we take values, morals, ethics into account and count it more towards the spiritual way then means definetly becomes the most important factor. Its natural for everyone to look back at where they come from and want to show their struggles. This justifies the importance of means.

"True good is never achieved by the doing of evil"- Adolf Hitler is an EXAMPLE !!

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
2 points

dear vaish;

i had liked to say that your speech was correct; but i felt that you stepped into wrong perceptions and conclusions :

the last of your speech is , of course not the correct saying-

to prove my rebuttal, i will Base myself on your own example so that it will be easy for anyone to understand:

You have mentioned about Adolf Hitler: An autocrat and the main person behind the mass killing of Jews ;

but do you agree that his death is the True good for Jews?

in that case, just think what means have been used by England, France and other countries to Force him to commit suicide? Do you think that war is a better mean?

NO!!!!!!!!!

Then how can u say that good is extractable only from good means????????????

Sorry to hurt u r feelings

Bye

Side: yes
1 point

No, results are not the only thing that matters.

If we followed this maxim, then cheating your way through school, but graduating as valedictorian would be fine. The end is justified.

The way you achieve something is as important as the end result. I think this saying was created in order to justify unjustifiable actions, as a way of ignoring ethical obligations and getting away with it.

Unfortunately, it simply doesn't work.

Side: No
prince(68) Disputed
2 points

i cant understand how my worthy opponent fails to see the difference between the justification of the mean on the basis of the end obtained and the importance to the end.

for eg. america used nuclear weapons to win the war. THE END IS ALWAYS GIVEN IMPORTANCE IN THE WAR LIKE THAT> NOT THE MEAN USED. BUT IT IS FAR FROM JUSTICICATION OF THE MISUSE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.

Side: yes
Spoonerism(831) Disputed
2 points

The end, unlike the cheese, does not stand alone. It was the result of some previous action(s) taken. So the importance of the end cannot be considered alone. It is equally important to be moral in the means by which you achieve something as the end which you sought.

If it were true that the end were more important than the means, then terrorism ought to be perfectly acceptable. Afterall, the end is what matters.

The reason I brought up the justification argument is that the original quote by Machiavelli is "The end justifies the means", so I was really only bringing it up in order to dispute the saying itself.

Side: No
1 point

when we walk through in our life by taking means then only we will reach the end.such that means are important in life.

Side: No
anoop(6) Disputed
1 point

But we will not talk about the means till we do not even think about the end. Suppose, you are climbing over the Mt. Everest but you would only talk about the used means in that, when you would make it definite that what your actual aim is and what do you actually want to achieve

Side: yes
pilot(44) Disputed
1 point

If we start , making a glass of lemon juice. If we forget to put lemon extract in that the end becomes waste, so is there anyone who asks what did you do or says its not nice. So do the ends.

Side: yes

Think of it like a movie. The end may be sensational but there are only a few movies where the end is sensational and, when it is, it is due to the special effects which is, of course, the means. So the means is more important ;)

Side: No
anoop(6) Disputed
1 point

This is a very surprising point and I have a strong point against that: No movie finishes without an end and about the special effects by the means, actually, we cannot use them till we are moving towards the end. So, end has already made a pathway for the others to came and means are just the sources to follow that path and nothing else

Side: yes
0 points

annop, as always , is right. also i find ist amaizing that my opponent dares to compare life with a movie!!!!!

Side: yes
1 point

i think end is not as much as important than means

because if our means are not right than how our end or goal is pure

if we lack in means , we are unable to achieve specific ends

Side: No
anoop(6) Disputed
1 point

But you can even see the examples of those children who are not having great means but are still going well and are achieving those goals that a person having total means is not being able to achieve

Side: yes
1 point

In every war, every act of oppression, every instigation of genocide, every institution of slavery . . . have we not always argued that the ends would justify the atrocities of the means? And did they?

.....

Ends: Promoting democracy

Means: Vietnam War

.....

Ends: Increasing material resource trade to Europe

Means: Apartheid

.....

Ends: Preparing a young person to be married

Means: Genital mutlilation

.....

Ends: Exploration of New World

Means: Genocide and forced relocations of Native peoples

.....

Ends: Healthy economy of southern states

Means: Slavery

.....

I agree with Spooner - the saying "the ends justify the means" is all-too-often an excuse to disregard ethics, and to attempt to justify the unjustifiable by slapping a platitude on it.

Side: No
1 point

The means is much much more important than the end. suppose you want to be the person with the top marks in class or college, what you need to do is study really hard... but instead the common practice is copying or peeking. if found out, this can lead to your failure in not only the exam, but also in life. you will become known as a rowdy. why not avoid all that and just rectify your means for reaching a desirable end? after all, you know the old saying... "prevention is much better than cure"

Side: No
1 point

Practice makes man perfect, this saying holds true because the more we practice the most we remember, the best we write

Side: no
0 points

But i favor your argument but only those cheat who didn't studied well in the whole year.

those who studied fixing a goal of good marks before them they have always succeeded.

Side: yes
1 point

life is built on certain ethics,morals ,valuwes,divine justice.......

have my opponents made up their mind to sacrifice this for the end.......

Side: yes
1 point

If your means undermine your end, then you haven't won at all. For instance, "fighting terror" to make the world a better place only made the world hate the United States, and it's not doing anyone any favors. If you achieve an end by tainted means, the end will be much more difficult to achieve in the long run.

Side: No
1 point

I am shocked that the question of whether the end is more important than the means even came up?

How can it be?

it was discussed before about what Krishna said, but what is the point of defeating evil if we become evil in the process. Example: You are fighting a war for freedom but if you use the labour of slaves to win the war. You win your freedom at the cost of the freedom of others.

Side: No
1 point

But the whole peeps in the world is about the "Zameer" and what wuold you say to god when you go to him which you have to do anyways but if you become Bush and destroy a whole nation just for the sake of your family enemiship with mr. saddam hussein and for the lots of Oil which he owned

Is that justified

End Result IRAQ is in complete Chaos

okk you ppl might don't think this way

but just to end the world war II bombing Hiroshima / Nagasaki was right ?

end Result war ended But Side Effects Human s in japan Completely are destroyed

Does anyone has a counter argue ment for this

Side: No
1 point

Who would you like to be Narendra Modi standing On the pyre of 1000s to be a succesful cm

or Just any other cm doing decent job

its all about having innocence and your ethics right

Side: No
1 point

If we are speaking in terms of the end justifying the means, then it definitely doesn't. What if I killed 500 people for 1 dollar?

Side: No
1 point

I read many of d arguements written by u all n saw that maximum number of people considering end as d more important thing.........would juz lyk to put an arguement in reference to D movie three idietz which became really popular..........d only thing Mr.Amir khan wanted to tell b a able person dont frget ur real identity reaching that peak point just carrying on the way just seeing the goal never make u a real person rather reaching there when u again think that.....iz that wz imp to give up my moral values to reach this point.......aapka zameer aapko kabhi ijazat nahin dega.....think twice

Side: No

In the short term, No.

A 'good' end attained by 'bad' means almost always boils down to the means being favorable towards the desired end (and maybe a subsection of those involved) but being unfavorable towards the majority. The ill will this generates can (and often does) overturn any good that may have been accomplished by the 'good' end.

Only in the long run can the end be seen as more important than the means.

Side: no
thousandin1(1931) Clarified
1 point

I posted on both sides of this debate; in the long term I believe the ends are more important.

That said, I should note that I do not favor the long term over the short term or vice versa. When I say long term, I'm talking multiple generations, so when a need is immediate long term planning is not particularly useful. Similarly, some short term sacrifices are acceptable, even necessary, for long term prosperity.

Side: no
0 points

the road of life twists and turns...no two directions are same. yet our lesson comes from the journey not the destination.

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
2 points

the road of life never twists and turns... it is ur actions that make you and ur path turn and coil. So your life is decided by your actions which is nothing but a result of a many kind of mental decisions . so ultimately, ur life is directly dependent on how u perceive ur end

Side: yes
anoop(6) Disputed
0 points

but the lessons from the road which we get is due to the journey but we start that journey just to get the destination

Side: yes
4 points

i strongly feel that end is far more important than the means used to obtain the result. the point is clearly evident from the fact that when you join a new school,or make a new friend, one of the questions that they will pose is What u want to become in the future? and not how u want to become like that. As stated by my friend in this competitive world, the destination of your journey is important not the path taken.

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
2 points

frnd the destination is important i agreeee but if the path taken is not right you wont't reach the destination...........

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
2 points

dear ,

there are a number of means to reach ur destination. the end can be reached through any one of these... even if your path is not right, your determination towards goal will take u there.. means r neither good nor bad. it is the way we perceive it.. the same mean is good for someone and bad for others. because all fingers are not same in height.

Side: yes
pilot(44) Clarified
1 point

We may reach the destination but you can't get the fruitx of it or enjoy its taste

Side: no
1 point

yes , you are correct that end is more important than means . Also in the case of jagdish chandra basu, this had happened.

Side: yes
Nikhil(1) Disputed
1 point

i think my frnd u r a little bit confused abt d topic.The topic asks dat ''what matters?'' The goal which u want to accomplish or the methods or means dat u use to achieve it.now u tell me,whatever u want to become in future, whether u can become without using good means?

Now i m giving u a very solid instance dat will remove your all doubts........

Consider d case of a sportsman.what do u think his aim is?

to become a worldclass famous player.Suppose,he has achieved his aim but wat happens with him if he is found to be indulge in taking drugs?????????????

his whole career is spoiled,his whole fame is lost.jst by using a wrong mean he looses everything what he has achieved till nw..

So,what becomes important????MEANS or END????

Ofcourse MEANS.....

Side: No
2 points

yes, end is more important than means because we do all the things for the end or we can say good results but not for watching what essential and important things have been used. e.g. our parents do many things for us but they use several things without caring that what they have used. Instead, they know that what they have used will surely give a good end.

Side: yes
0 points

And if your parents beat you into submission, is that a good means to an end of doing well in school or other places? No, it's not. You're going on the assumption that everyone's journey is a good one, a fair one and not an unjust one. That's just wrong because some people will step all over others to get what they want. All they care about is the end result and not the means it took to get there.

Side: No
pilot(44) Disputed
1 point

Parents beat children only when they do mistake, so, thats not a wrong mean. They do this for correcting them for leading them to a good end.

Side: yes
2 points

Yes, the end is the whole point. Without an end, the means don't matter. Look at the great winners of the world. Do they care what it took to get there? Did they let anything get in their way or slow them down? No. Arnold Schwarzenegger is a winner, and he did what it took to get there. It was very difficult, and he put in a lot of work, but in the end it all paid off. And he didn't have to kill anyone to get there either. He made personal sacrifices in order to get there. But in the end he was a winner because of it.

Side: yes
Aahlad(1) Disputed
1 point

but what about hitler he achieved a lot: He provided stability to germany and restored the economy but he sacrificed humanity to do so

Side: No
2 points

YES END IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE MEANS. SUPPOSE U HAVE A LOT OF BOOKS IN UR TABLE BUT IF U DON'T WANT TO STUDY THAN THERE IS NO USE TO HAVE THEM.

Side: yes
1 point

Yes, he is right because to achieve the end means is important but to use those means, we need to think about starting the end.

Side: yes
2 points

 Philosophically, it may be right to say that means used is important but in practical life, it is highly impossible to give preference to the means alone! How many of you use the sincere means at every point of ur life?

 In this contemporary world, if you keep giving preference to the means alone, without any estimation about your end then, even after a lot of hardships you will find yourself in the middle of no where! Then if you turn back to your past, you will find only blank spaces instead of success.

Side: yes
2 points

William Shakespeare said,"All's well that ends well".So,of all the cases in the world the end of everything decides whether it is good or bad.If we have to achieve success in life, we have to fix the goal and act accordingly.For example,many philosophers and scientists first decided their aim and went on discovering many valuable things...............

If my competitors argue that,in gita Krishna said that we should keep on working hard not expecting any end,then i would like to say that the saying is totally impractical and can't be used in this fast moving 21st century.

I would like to rebut that Lord Krishna himself at times used unfair means in the war because he was determined to win the war.

In case of the exams you yourselves appear,would you like to fail after doing a lot of hard work..........no,so it proves that if end is good every thing is good.

lets take this argument as an example,if you have given your comments then leave this site and let me alone enjoy the points provided.Ha ha ha!

Side: yes
2 points

Let me take you to the ages of mahatma gandhi. he gave a lot of importance to the means. But let me remind you all that during the chauri chaura incident, India enjoyed the maximum advantage and to be precise, india would have driven out the britishers out of our land, if gandhi had not called off this movement. That was a tremendous mistake made by mahatma, or india would have been pest free long before 1947 and by now it might have made a lot of economical and biologial progess!

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
1 point

be practical LIFE IS LIFE,whether it is INDIAN life or BRITISH life ....................... GANDHIJI wanted to attain FREEDOM without life loss.............................

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
2 points

you see_______

thats what i wanted you to come up with

" GANDHIJI wanted to attain FREEDOM without life loss."

is the End result of course

Side: yes
2 points

I agree that cheating is not fair. But the fact is that if you always study hard , you might not get the results you expect. Some people study hard without consulting guide books, taking tutions and coaching classes.Those people are rarely sucessful.But some people do just the opposite.They study only the important and selected questions and consults guide books, takes tutions and coaching classes. In this way they reach their goal and get what they expected or sometimes more than that.Other people will not see how they achieved their goal but only their result.

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
1 point

Dear friend,

hard work,referring to guides,going to tutions,reading important que are all means which takes us to the end..... so here you have fallen in line with my idea

Side: No
2 points

I'd like to ask a question from all my opponents that why are all of them answering and taking part in this debate? This is because they want to prove themselves right which is itself an end but then also they are not knowing about it. they are using several means like the Internet, the informations from here and there but their ultimate end is to achieve the end that is to prove themselves right and they cannot argue about this even they even want to because this is the truth which is bitter for them

Side: yes
1 point

your point of rebuttal is remarkable!Let me tell you something_PRINCE AND PHOENIX ARE BOTH USED BY ME!!! serious! i wanted to vote you 2 points! so i use 2 different users. your argument is flawless! keep it up, partner!

Side: yes
1 point

my dear friend, thanks for your nice words for me and I'd also like to appreciate you for your opinions in this debate and thanks once again.

Side: yes
1 point

I would like to support your points by giving an example of eklavya from epics of bhagvadgita

Side: yes
0 points

Ha Ha Good thinking, dear friend anoop. This question is the hit of all ur arguments. i am sure our opponents have a difficult time to ans this one. i vote u 2 points!Keep it up.

Side: yes
Damon(6) Disputed
0 points

You're wrong.

At least, if you were correct in your assumption, that would be all that I could say, but even you accept that the opposition is working to prove (i.e. focusing on the means, rather than simply stating whether or not this view is right or wrong) their side. An argument without warrant is meaningless, so if you pinned this one someone who simply answered with a 'nay', you'd be absolutely right. Simply pointing out the people value the end, doesn't imply that it's more important than the means.

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
2 points

dear damon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

well your opposition is itself an example to quote that anoop is 200% right!How?

Well your opening statement- u r wrong- is your end point or your aim- a kind of destiny to be full filled. Knowingly y or unknowingly, you have given a lot of importance to your aim- by placing it at top of your rebuttal.

you oppose someone not because you can, bt because you want to oppose and prove that you are right. you do all these things only to prove that you right.if you shoot the arrow it wont continuously keeping flying. But the point where it landed is important. the arrow may land on your enemy, or you friend , or even yourself. so for everything, an end is required. So judge yourself if your arrow hit you or anoop!!

Well sorry if i hurt you. all the best next time

Side: yes
phoenix(96) Disputed
1 point

an argument without warrant is meaningless of course. but the argument is aimed at disproving annop this means that you are working for the end.

Side: yes
1 point

yes end is more important than the means because most of the people in against it take the support of lame civilization world if you want to be remembered you can do anything good or bad.

Side: yes
1 point

As my allies have said it is no point in saying that means justify the ends in 21st century. Henry Wadsworth has said "we judge ourselves by what we feel we could do, while others judge us by what we have already done no matter how we did it". To support his view let us take the example of China. China's child policy, Olympics forced recruitment you all will say are big infringements of individual rights. indeed they are but they have given china a strategic position in the world. Whatever expressions of China we form today will all be faded soon when China will become the next SUPERPOWER of the world.

Side: yes
1 point

good quote u got ,

hey i got an idea

lets party,praty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Side: yes
1 point

If one doesnt even knows that what is the end of a work or the used means, then what is the importance of the used means. We use the resources but we identify them when we use them. Till they do not come in our use, we are not able to know them and thus they have no identity of their own.

Side: yes
1 point

be practical,its 21st century my dear opponents, people has no time to ask 4 means, its all the end what people ask and praise in this fast moving world

Side: yes
1 point

means may be good or bad,hard or easy to do, it is for a short duration while the end is ever lasting, so that should be fair and more imp. to consider

Side: yes
1 point

i would like to rebut my all opponents favouring means that a poor person can't afford for means, so is it mean this that if he had talent he can't success without means?

no my dear lotus grows in mud, talent brings them out which isn't any means

success stands on 4 pillars: talent, confidence, hope and positive approach..........so where is the place vacant for the importance of means

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
1 point

see my dear the talent,confidence,hope and positive approach are nothing but the means that takes you to success. Unknowingly you have fallen in line with my idea that MEANS JUSTIFIES THE END.

Side: No
anoop(6) Disputed
1 point

But my dear friend, you have also fallen in line with my idea that, "MEANS HAS TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN END BEFORE TO LEAD TO THE OTHER END"

Side: yes
1 point

You are correct .

Most of people who qualified IAS belong to very poor families. they got success because they did not bothered about facilities

Side: yes
prince(68) Disputed
0 points

dearest neha,

u say that talent, confidence, positive approach and hope are important.

MEAN is something with which we attain our goal

so aren't the above mentioned coming under means?

so i say:think before u act!

pardon me if i was rude.........

Side: No
anoop(6) Disputed
1 point

Dear Prince, kindly read out the above line of mine where I have said that' "MEANS HAVE TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN END BEFORE TO LEAD TO THE ANOTHER". And PARDON me if I Hurt you

Side: yes
1 point

It is important what you achieve and not how u achieve. After setting a goal, we think in what way we can proceed on. it's good

But if we keep thinking on that whether this way is right or wrong and don't start working, we can never progress. We must start working and overcome all the barriers that come against our goal. Today's life is a big competitive world, it's like a war. And there's nothing unfair in war and love. Just our goal must be a good one. So to achieve that goal is the most important thing not the means which might be sometime wrong and sometime right.

Side: yes
1 point

i agree to ompilla that end should be a good one,means may vary to good or bad as lord krishna has did in mahabharata

Side: yes

The end is more important than the means. This does not mean that the end justifies the means. But it is more important. Thus, beating your child around until he's perfectly obedient, in order to make him into a stronger and more prepared person is wrong. Granted, being a stronger and more prepared person is more important than not being smacked around, but that doesn't mean that it justifies smacking your child around. The childhood pain of your kid is, irrefutably, less important than his adulthood success.

Just because something is important doesn't mean that it justifies us doing immoral things to attain it.

Side: yes
Aahlad(1) Disputed
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what you are saying neither agrees with nor disagrees with the statement: End is more important than the means

Side: No
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Yes i favour the motion.

As far as terrorism is concerned it is a sheer case of religious fanatism.They can go to any extent to prove themselves they are right.Even they are not accepted by people of same religion.

If we look into examples of our history nobody can forget "LORD BUDDHA"

who sacrificed everything for acheiving "NIRWANA".

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
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frnd, sacrifice was the best means that lead for achieving NIRWANA

Side: No
anoop(6) Disputed
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And since sacrifice was the best mean s leading to nirwana.So my friend, tell me what is better? End or Means

Side: No
phoenix(96) Disputed
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u say sacrifice is the best mean. so i suppose that you are ready to sacrifice your arguments from now on in this debate and prove the importance of pure means literally!!

Side: yes
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"At the beginning of an action I might not be able to determine whether that action is morally right or wrong, but when the morally right goal is successfully achieved, then the steps which led to it must be morally right too."

"Remember, people will judge you by your actions, not your intentions. You may have a heart of gold -- but so does a hard-boiled egg."

Side: yes

our society needs result . they dont have any place for excuses ,if a student fails in exams his surrounding will underastimate him without knowing the real reason.. that what i said "NO EXCUSE... ONLY RESULTS"

Side: yes
deepishm(359) Disputed
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dear friend,

will the same society appreciate if he is caught copying to get gud marks?????????

Side: No
angelsofhell(45) Disputed
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my dear frend!!

if ur frend vl cheat n will get gud marks compare to u than your own society wil ask u to learn from that student without knowing the real reason.... and the society wil not appreciate the cheatr i agree but it is also one fact that society only notic the winers not the losers... btw nyc point by u!!

........Himali......

Side: yes
phoenix(96) Disputed
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deepy,

i remember a very interesting quote that can help you understand that you are wrong

"He who wills his end,

wills his means"

its meaning is apt to the situation:the person who recognizes his end (aim, scope) will

use the best means that suits him and the situation.

so, the one who thinks that the scope of the education is just to pass the exams will use his own means, while the students who feel that the education means far more than exams (which is just a drop of it) will surely work hard and use his own best means.

so the end will help you decide your mean

the scope of education is to .... cannot be explained by an negligent boy like me...but

i feel its goal is to give you some knowledge, not all the knowledge(knowledge is an ocean!!)

Side: yes
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Let us take the example of a weapon, a mean for a soldier. If it doesnt gets in the hand of a soldier, then it has no use but when it achieves its own end that is to be held in a soldier's hand then it becomes useful and achieves its own end making itself useful. So, means can be useful to achieve the end but before that, they have to achieve their own end

Side: yes
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Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, Mahatma Gandhi and Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru and all other freedom fighters, they kept in their minds the end and they were very much determined to the end that was to see an independent India and then, afterwards , they used the respective means. And at last, they really achieve their end, their target and the goal

Side: yes
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Actually, I'd like to say that the determination towards the end is one of the most important thing to achieve success because a boat cannot reach its destinaion till the sailor does not determine the area where to reach though he has several equipments.

Side: yes
1 point

The freedom fighters fought for a common end i.e. India's freedom.But their means are different

Side: yes
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yes. i agree. if you are searching for your friend's house even without knowing where he is , then there is alot of probability that you may never find him before you correctly know where he lives! in this world, if you keep thinking if your means are proper or not , then you are nothing but a time killer. of course, in a journry, the path used may be important. but ever heard of a journey without any end???

Side: yes
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Yes i think end is more important than means. Here we can use the saying of William Shakespeare - "All is well that ends well". We can say practically this is the most accurate or popular form of obtaining a goal. In this fast moving 21st century nobody sees the means, but look upon the end. So we can also put here that we can commit a minor evil to achieve a greater good.

Side: yes
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Yes my Kv Mate i support you.Nowadays we can't stand following some previously

established ideology.

Side: yes
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hey! r you guys from kv? if i am right please answer me!!

Side: yes

alexander the great killed many ppl,destroyed many houses jus to achieve his goal of conquring the whole world!!! n when he did it...he got the title "the great"!!

Himali........

Side: yes
prince(68) Disputed
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Dear himali,

Alexander was a great conquerer of course. But for your kind information, he never succeeded in making his dream a reality! He never conquered the whole world< though he tried and annexed many countries into his kingdom. at the same time , he never destroyed many houses, he fought many wars in which he killed many warriors thats all!

Side: No
angelsofhell(45) Disputed
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my frend..,

i just wanted to say that alexander killed so many peaple but still we remember him by the title 'great'.. watever his means were but atlast he got that titl isnt!

Side: yes
saurabh93(2) Disputed
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man ! he died of a chronic disease .. at the age of 33 . if he had not died than there was nothing btw him and his aim ........

Side: yes
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well, well, well,

we all try to improve our means in both quantity only to achieve a more and more useful and qualitative end.

for eg. we all study to achieve knowledge, not only marks...

the more we study and understand the concept of the given education,the more we learn. the knowledge is not limited to school. of course the nature is very best teacher. the one how participates in every kind osf wise activity will definitely shine in his life.

he is after all able to do all this only he wants to do and achieve knowledge

we add sugar in coffee to get a more nice coffee, not because it is a good means

Side: yes
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friends-How many of you remember Abinav Bindra the arch shooter??

He became famous only after he won the gold medal in Olympics for shooting.

Before that , many of us , to be honest, have never heard of a person like that.

He is recognized as the first Indian to win a gold medal in Olympics.

He achieved his goal........ he became a recognized person- do u see the link?

people recognize a person by what you have achieved; not how u have achieved.

means play their role of course; but doesn't stand a chance against the Results we get. Only if you get school top marks, you will be known as a hard working student.

Many can paint stars; but only a few can make the stars come out as an artists emotional impression .

the famous quote "a tree is known by its fruit" is the best example to show that end is very very important in our life.

Side: yes
saurabh93(2) Disputed
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actually we people are not bothered about what is happening with sports in india . the thing we are bothered is cricket . shooting n all who cares to know the name of people .. nobody cares to know who is world no. 1 in shooting . that is the separate case that their family member is a shooter . its not about getting famous or anything . people can get famous because of their means also . its all about achieving the goal matters .

Side: No
alstars(739) Disputed
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All right saurabh, Lets go in your way,

Since Tendulkar hits a century, You praise him

If he goes for single digits for just a 10 matches, you drop him from the team and say that he is not in form!

If he goes for ZERO< you say "wo tho bada beverkoof hai, Mai hota to kam se kam pachas runs martha tha"

Side: yes
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the world always sees the end and means. but the mind of the people tend to enjoy the end not means

if your end is meaningful, the people tend to the follow your means.

your means may taste sweet, but the end may taste sour.

your means may taste sour, but the end may be sweet and enjoyable

Side: yes
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end is more important.

the people's mind first tends to know the result than the means.

the most recent example is the unfortunate crash of ap cm's chopper. when the press announced that the wreckage of the chooper has been found, the people asked: "what happened to ysr? is he safe?" these show that people are first concerned with the result of the chopper's crash. when he has been declared as dead, then only the publis started asking: what led to the crash?

Side: yes
saurabh93(2) Disputed
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the example given by u is totally wrong ... man how come you know what people asked .. they didn't even knew that his plane crashed !!! the how can they ask that what led to the crash .. ..? after they came to know that his plane crashed and he died it was obvious media will question what led to the crash .. u have given a stupid example her e.. worth less

Side: No
alstars(739) Disputed
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REALLY?

Just think, Bhai, Aggar wo plane crash nahi hota to media yeh sab prashnoh ko kyoh puchange?

Side: yes
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friends, uniqueness of end makes it special and more rare.

end is always constant. only the means vary. many means can be used to get one end. do you feel that commonly seen crow is beautiful or the rarely spotted sweet peacock is more beautiful?

Side: yes
prince(68) Disputed
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literally peacocks may be beatiful but philosophically..

i feel that crows are ore beautiful.

crows are the ones that wake you up in the morning and also, they show that they always follow you and never give up. they stand up in unity.

on the other hand, peacocks may give a lot af entairtainment , nut it is short lived only. they cannot be with u for long, neither can u be with them.

similar is with means and end.

even if you lose or win, means are always there for you and you can try again but the end is not like that. if you win only, it helps you. else, god knows the fate.

Side: No
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India is a developing country like all other developing countries and it is using several really very important, useful, even expensive and highly technological resources which are all said to be the means but can we say that to make the developing countries developed is less important than the used resources?

Side: yes
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let us take an example of a weapon, mean for a soldier. weapon is nothing and is of no use till it gets in the hands os a soldier but when it achieves its own end, then it becomes useful. So the means lead to the end when they achieve their own end

Side: yes
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do u know from where did we get the basic idea of democracy? it is from the very french revolution that gave the basic democratic principles like liberty,fraternity in the hands of people & the monarchs were killed & the end is justified.

Side: yes
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dhiru bhai ambani adopted many wrong means to achieve his success ..

he cheated many people for money.

went to jail many times ..

he did fraud to many people .

he took all the money from the chit fund he had opened and ran away .

no body cares about all this now ... more than half of india'a energy industries are run by him ..(his sons )

he inspires many youngsters today ... they also want to achieve like him .. so they should follow his paths . or work hard to achieve like that ..

if ambani would have give more importance to the means than he would have landed nowhere . might b a waiter somewhere . but he gave importance to the end ..and u all no wat he has achieved

Side: yes
1 point

May be your arguments are wrong as you are justifing use of wrong means in getting your goal

You see GLORY OF PINNACLE INSPIRES TO EXCEL

Side: yes
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Well i feel that the end is more important than means because without a goal (end) there would be no true meaning for the means or the path which you take up.

Mahatma Gandhiji's approach to achieving freedom was one that of ahimsa and that of other leaders like Bhagath Singh was violence...we cannot simply differentiate between them and neglect ones contribution because the paths taken or the means of achieving their goals was different....we appreciate the contribution of both the great leaders not because of the way they fought....we appreciate their contribution by seeing what they fought for....that is their final goal of achieving freedom is more important than the way in which it was tried to achieve it.

Side: yes
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yeah .... mahtma gandhi ... followed the path of non violence and peace ... actually india wud have got freedom in 1919 .. because gandhi ji stopped that movement ... though he send many indians to fight for the britishers in the world war .. many indians died there also .. it was not this that he stopped chauri chaura because indians were dieing . he just gave too much importance to the means non violence and peace rather than violence ....

it was good for indians nathu ram godse shot him , gandhi ji at that time was leaving for pakistan .. he never wanted those riots so he was going to give punjab , himachal pradesh and jamu n kashmir to pakistan ... that would have worsen the present situation

Side: yes
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No action is taken without the inspiration of a desired result. Period. Theres no way around it. You actually have it backwards. Before any means are taken towards a goal, you have to be sure the benefit of that goal is worth the cost of the means.

Side: yes
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See all of u no DAT teachers scold us , Sim time hit us is it right 2 hit any 1 , why do they do that to secure our future in this they follow means those are not correct for good result

Side: yes
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If it all works out in the end, great. Let it go and move on.

Side: yes

In the long run, Yes.

The 'bad' means used to achieve a 'good' end, in cases where the ill will and actions of those affected by the 'bad' means do not ultimately outweigh the 'good' end achieved, can often be downplayed or even overlooked from a historical perspective. Once those affected by the 'bad' means have passed on, each resulting generation is affected less and less by said means. Eventually, the 'bad' means can be all but forgotten, while the 'good' end is enjoyed by most.

Case in point: The slave-based economy of early America. Definitely a bad means to achieve the economic status that allowed America to become relevant in the world government, among other things... but Americans to this day, regardless of race, enjoy a great many things that simply would not be without the huge economic boost that slavery gave us early on.

When the means cannot be undone and the end is all thats left, the end is more important.

Side: yes
thousandin1(1931) Clarified
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I posted on both sides of this debate; in the short term I believe the means are more important.

That said, I should note that I do not favor the long term over the short term or vice versa. When I say long term, I'm talking multiple generations, so when a need is immediate long term planning is not particularly useful. Similarly, some short term sacrifices are acceptable, even necessary, for long term prosperity.

Side: no
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End is always important. But why are we all really taking "means" as a negative sense? Means can be positive also. But despite having lots of means one can not be said successful if the end is not achieved.

From childhood we are getting acquainted with the thought, "focus harder on your means, don't think of end yet"&"as you sow, so shall you reap". But without clear vision of the future in our mind we may sow wrong seed and then lament in the future.

I'm not encouraging to acquire wrong means. Right "means" are important but most important is the "end".

Side: yes
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End is more important than means. A very well example to this can be given from the fact that when a teacher explains a topic to a student he always thinks of the topic being cleared to the student not of how it would be clear to the student and for this purpose he uses different materials and even languages ( mother tongue ) but his all in all sole purpose is that the topic should be clear to the student.

Side: yes
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means achieve their Recognition from the end. for eg. before the advent of gandhi, violence was famous and proper mean because it helped them achieve the end- win the war or drive out enemies etc. But when violence failed to achieve freedom to us ( which is nothing but end), it lost its recognition. Gandhi followed non violence and achieved the goal. It is only due the freedom achieved that non violence became famous. Just imagine , that if gandhi's non violence had failed in bringing freedom to us, would you still believe in it and popularize it?

So be sure to take the most direct route to your goals. Never take your eyes off your goal, else you may lose your course. Never look back back in sorrow, else, you may trip. Nevr give up. If at first you dont achieve success keep trying until you achieve it. Be daring to accept the Truth that annop had pointed out.

Side: yes
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Yes Gandhiji did many things for the but what abt Subhas bose,nehru and Bhagat singh they sacrificed their lives for the sake of nation.

Side: yes
saurabh93(2) Disputed
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those people never got much support from people because our gandhi ji was very famous at that time and he was against them ... and for ur kind information nehru died after independance .. your gk is poor man

Side: No