That was a mouthful for a title, but yeah, basically what I wrote in the title, can anyone explain, I can’t wrap my head around it. And could you use an example please? That helps a lot. Thanks 🙂
Edit: thank you guys for responding so fast! I think I get it now 🙂 how would you use it in a sentence using your examples?
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“A means to an end” = a thing that’s not too useful on its own, but it helps you achieve a goal that you need. Like, for many people, a car is just a way to get from home to work – they treat their car as a means to an end.
“The end justifies the means” = a good outcome or result is worth the actions you have to take to get there, even if those actions are immoral, unethical, bad or “wrong”. An example is how politicians will lie and make promises they know they won’t keep in order to get elected. To them, the end (getting elected) justifies the means (making promises that they might ignore/forget about after being elected).
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