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Immoral Methods Sample
Immoral Methods Sample
Immoral methods, no matter how beneficial the ultimate outcome may be,
should never be justified. The short-term gains enjoyed by society or an individual
cannot compensate for the inevitable and debilitating consequences of long-term
moral erosion. Furthermore, the utilitarian rationale to judge the method or process
of an act, simply on the basis of its eventual outcome, is overly narrow and slightly
naïve. By designating the outcome as the sole criteria in determining whether an
act is justified, the individual makes a critical error. Such a limiting focus on the
results ignores the degenerate effects of moral degradation the person or society
experiences. Indeed, justifying even one immoral act on the basis of its beneficial
outcome tears down any moral foundation and opens the potential floodgates for
more “justified” immorality in the future. In addition, the inherent subjectivity in
determining whether an immoral act is justified makes it a potentially dangerous
belief to be exploited. Since the individual agent acts as judge, this Machiavellian
belief essentially frees one to act in any immoral fashion that has subjectively been
deemed appropriate.
However, even if one nation’s immoral acts do not affect another directly…
I’ll mention again the main problem with this kind of thinking…
wait you should know what I would mention again in the
analysis…