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RE: Is there any moral justification for ''the ends justify the means''?
@richard, seriously i do not totally agree with you on Bill gate scenario.. What of if the person that is sacrifised is destined to save or make impact on one billion people than the one million people Bill Gate is making now... Don't you think a grivous mistake have been done... But in the other sence i still believe with you that the devil i know now is much better than the angel i don't know..... Thanks
I totally understand your reasoning and I confess it crossed my mind as I was writing the original comment. However, I approached the issue in a probabilistic manner. It's much more likely that Bill Gates has a bigger impact on the world than 5 "random" people. Even if those people would eventually have a bigger impact I still wouldn't consider my decision a mistake because it was statistically correct to let Bill Gates live, with the knowledge I had at the moment. Nevertheless, as I've stated above, this argument is indeed a bit extreme and raises questions that go beyond the topic at hand.
Thank you for sharing your opinion.