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The problem with that hyperbole is that it begs the question of whether or not this was even an atrocity at all. The ends don't justify an atrocity as the means
by lawnchair_larry 10y ago
The problem with that hyperbole is that it begs the question of whether or not this was even an atrocity at all. The ends don't justify an atrocity as the means, but that isn't the same thing as the ends never justifying the means.
Ends justifies the means is just a fancy way of saying that the cost/benefit analysis is favorable to the decider. That is a sane decision making framework. Presumably, you just disagree with the assesment of the cost.
- grandalf 10y ago> Ends justifies the means is just a fancy way of saying that the cost/benefit analysis is favorable to the decider. I think it's more accurately defined as the decider acknowledging that the costs are not something he/she would typically approve of, but the desired or touted ends are so worthwhile for everyone (as determined by the decider on behalf of everone) that it's worth doing. In other words, an un-democratic greater good argument. It turns out that there was majority consensus among ETH miners to do a hard fork, but only after the Ethereum maintainers signaled their bias by researching and writing the hard fork code.