Means and Ends

Often what we learn and experience from an action is totally different from what we expected when we thought of it. The results of our actions are very often unexpected. That is one more reason why our actions have to be justifiable on their own right and not by the results they produce.

We often say, "Ends don't justify means". The means have to worthy not because they produce some end result that is desirable. The means have to be defendible independent of the results they produce.