Man is a means and not an end, and he is a means to economic or political ends which are not really ends in themselves but means to other ends which in their turn are means and so ad infinitum.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If the ends don't justify the means, what does?
The ends must justify the means.
The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it.
We live in a world where everyone thinks they do the right thing, so they are entitled to do the wrong thing. So ends can justify the means.
The end doesn't justify anything, because all we ever live with is the means.
What we call the beginning is often the end. And to make an end is to make a beginning. The end is where we start from.
Greatness and goodness are not means, but ends.
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
Always recognize that human individuals are ends, and do not use them as means to your end.