issue212 同主题第一篇

风中尘埃UID: 164965

提纲：
1、我们应该想尽一切办法解决问题
2、但当解决私人问题得方法会侵害公共利益时，我们不应那么自私
3、但为了最大化公共利益，我们还是可以采用非常手段的
4、宗旨是，最大化公共利益

In the reality, everyone will face countless problems which need to be solved quickly and creatively. If a goal is for our interests, public or private ones, we would spare no effort to find the effective ways, even if we need to establish them by ourselves sometimes. When the manager of a company were facing the budget constrain, he or she might try to create some financial tools to solve it and that, is the real reason behind the evolution of our financial market. When a sales man wanted to increase his selling, he might come up with some seemingly ridiculous ideas, such as telling the customers that the goods had been sold out. However stupid it sound like in the past, creating scarcity is a popular sales strategy now and proved to be very successful. Hence apparently, this is nowhere more justifiable than creating various means to attain the goals we want.

But the examples listed above are the ideal ones: one could reach the goal by means which also benefit the society. The truth is, when confronted with difficulties, some of us might turn to illegal or immoral methods and that is basically wrong. The customs' benefits will be harmed if they bought something couldn't fit into their expectation; the stockholders' benefits will be harmed if the manager covered the bad situation of their company. So when the sales man tried to sell his goods by telling lies, when the manager tried to solve the financial problem by faking the balance sheet, they are putting their private interests over the public welfare. We don't need to be one of the victims to tell that these kind of cheating are morally and legally wrong. And so do the many other kinds of immoral and illegal approaches.

Here comes the most complex problem: for public interest, are we justified for using any means even the evil ones? Though most of us could reach an agreement that sacrifice public interest for personal profit is illegitimate, many might hesitate to say that only the righteous manner could be applied even for public good. For example, when someone decided to start a war to fight for their rights, it could be categorized as both revolution and massive killing. The only difference is, do the majority of the society benefit from it or not? The social norms, the morality and the laws are set to protect the common welfare, and sacrifice some of the principles to gain bigger benefit is desirable to the whole community.

As stated above, the relationship between the value of a goal and the justification of the means are not so apparently simple. The only simple conclusion could be: we should always put the public interests before private ones and do our best to maximize the common welfare.

风中尘埃UID: 164965

TOPIC: ISSUE212 - "If a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain it is justifiable."
WORDS: 400          TIME: 01:00:00          DATE: 2008-3-1 14:34:11

写的时候对于if从句的虚拟语法经常很犹豫，不知道是不是要严格按照if would/过去时 这种结构写，特别是后面的主句的语法也是
In the reality, everyone will face countless problems which need to be solved quickly and creatively. If a goal is for in our interests, public or private ones, we would spare no effort to find the effective ways, even if we need to establish them by ourselves sometimes. When the manager of a company were facing the budget constrain, he or she might try to create some financial tools to solve it and that, is the real reason behind the evolution of our financial market. When a sales man wanted to increase his selling, he might come up with some seemingly ridiculous ideas, such as telling the customers that the goods had been sold out. However stupid it sound like in the past, creating scarcity is a popular sales strategy now and proved to be very successful. Hence apparently, this is nowhere more justifiable than creating various means to attain the goals we want.

But the examples listed above are the ideal ones: one could reach the goal by means which also benefit the society. The truth is, when confronted with difficulties, some of us might turn to illegal or immoral methods and that is basically wrong. The customs' benefits will be harmed if they bought something couldn't fit into their expectation; the stockholders' benefits will be harmed if the manager covered the bad situation of their company. So when the sales man tried to sell his goods by telling lies, when the manager tried to solve the financial problem by faking the balance sheet, they are putting their private interests over the public welfare. We don't need to be one of the victims to tell that these kind of cheating are morally and legally wrong. And so do the many other kinds of immoral and illegal approaches. So, most of us might agree that for personal benefit, some of the ways are forbidden by the society and are not right to take.

Here comes the most complex problem: for public interest, are we justified for using any means even the evil ones? Though most of us could reach an agreement that sacrifice public interest for personal profit is illegitimate, many might hesitate to say that only the righteous manner could be applied even for public good. For example, when someone decided to start a war to fight for their rights, such as freedom or equality, it could be categorized as botheither revolution andor massive killing. The only difference is, do the majority of the society benefit from it or not? The social norms, the morality and the laws are set to protect the common welfare, and sacrifice some of the principles to gain bigger benefit is desirable to the whole community under certain circumtances.

As stated above, the relationship between the value of a goal and the justification of the means are not so apparently simple. The only simple conclusion could be: we should always put the public interests before private ones and do our best to maximize the common welfare.

风中尘埃UID: 164965

看了几位同学的大作，我悲哀的发现我现在完全没有调到学术写作的模式。。。。。。

第一段让步段可以写很多，比如：不要被方式束缚手脚，大胆的尝试，任何可能的方式都思考，这样的创新对社会，个人都很有利。结果我一点都没升华。。。。。。
第二段为了个人利益不允许妨害公共利益应该至少说一下为什么不：个人的集合就是公共，为保护自己，要学会尊重他人，否则每个人都会吃苦头。
第三段公共利益的权衡只说了一面到的情况，可以加入一定的让步，说判段什么是公共利益最大化是很难的，需要历史来证明。。。。。。