There are many people whose lives are such that they do not consider principles, only outcomes. This is "ends justify the means" thinking, and it is short-sight

There are many people whose lives are such that they do not consider principles, only outcomes. This is "ends justify the means" thinking, and it is short-sighted and dangerous. There is a famous quotation from Gandhi to that effect, and he is probably the greatest human of the 20th century of notoriety.