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TOPIC: ISSUE212 - "If a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain it is justifiable."
只要值得,不择手段达到目的是合理的。
It has long been controversial that any means of attaining a worthy goal is justifiable. The hot debate focus mainly on two key words, "worthy" and "any". In other words, people question what is a common and rational criterion of "worthy" other than personal judgement, and whether "any" measure can be taken regardless of tradional discipline, socail regulations and personal situations. Due to the complication of this issue, the assertion should be determined on a case-by-case basis.
To begin with, we are obliged to have a clear knowledge if what kind of a goal can be called a worthy goal. Only according with personal or a small group’s interests and persuits is far from the true essential of "worthy". I believe a worthy goal ought to be resonable and justicial, rational subjectively and correct objectively and answering for the tide of historical development and
fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of people who are surely the judges. If so, any means taken for the goal deserves to be justifiable. Take World War Two for example. In 1945, in order to end the anti-fascist war and renew the order and peace of the world rapidly, America finally has to put two atomic bombs into use against Japan to force Japan to surrender immediately. Though the atomic bomb is always regarded as an immoral and devastating weapon, who knows how many years the fascist continues to commmit evils during which millions of lives will be killed without using the atomic bomb? So for such a goal to maintain the justice and peace of world, it’s justifiable for America pitching the atomic bomb.
Moreover, considering the goal for independence and freedom, we can perceive more insightful models. While some goals may be achieved at the expense of innocent people killed or maimed by unavoidable wars sometimes, I still believe that these efforts in reaching a goal are valuable. For instance, without such leaders as chairman Mao and Martin Luther King struggling for their ultimate ideals, China might still be the colonies of Japan and African Americans might remained to be relegated at the backs of buses. Even though they devote their lives to the career or sacrifice many other innocent people, the means of attaining these goals is worthy.
Notwithstanding the foregoing favors to the speaker’s assertion, I would be hard-pressed to consider the feasibility of means for any goal which is as worthy as what I define. Obviously, we can’t extend the example of America above to embrace all the situations. Can a government develop local ecomony without caring the damage to the environment? Will it be permitted that the manufacturers join in the unfair competitions and deceive customers for more profits? What do you think of cheating in examinations for students to get better academic performance? Their goals are originally right and worthy of being persued, but the means are not advocated, some of which are even against law. All these reveal that human activities should be under certain restrictions and control, on which part of the meanings of law lies. Accordingly, before we hastily make a decision which may be controversial, we should take into consideration the ethic standard we cherish and laws we must abide by.
In summary, the claim that if a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain it is justifiable can not be applied to every aspect of human endeavors. We humans should learn to judge the rationality, feasibility and worthiness of measures according to the value of ethics and laws. |
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