Means to an End The end justifies the means, many of us have an issue with this statement. Taken literally to me, the phrase states whatever the cost, moral or immoral, legal or illegal, I will reach this goal. Is a person a zealot to ignore all else to this singular focus; and the devout beliefs in the rightness of the cause? As in war, do you shoot or die, does your life end here, or do you take the shot? Breathe in…breathe out…breathe in, hold it. Finger on the trigger, eye on the target, they are just targets, service the target, take the shot. I do believe the end does justify the means. In the following paragraphs proof is provided that will vanquish any doubt. At the end of WWII British soldiers ed liberate many Jewish prisoners from concentration camps. Later the rescued may have been their enemy, over land, homeland. When is it acceptable to use the bomb? Did the end justify the means? President Truman said it did when he made the decision to bomb roshima and Nagasaki. Finally, a biblical reference, Joshua and the Israelites destroying Canaan, totally …
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