TY - JOUR
TI - On Multiple Meanings of the Saying “the End Justifies the Means”
AU - Karwat, Mirosław
TI - On Multiple Meanings of the Saying “the End Justifies the Means”
AB - 
	The proverb “the end justifies the means” has multiple functions, it can be an observation, an appraisal, a postulate, a directive, a moral code. “Justify” can mean explain, excuse, exculpate, vindicate, authorize, uphold, and in Polish it literally corresponds in meaning to the word “sanctify.” This saying can both have a motivational character (when used to dispel the doubts or inhibitions of the speaker), but it can also be used as a rationalisation (to confront the opposition, objections, criticism of those around the speaker). It is mentioned together with the amoral and cynical, as well as with those socially useful versions of Machiavellianism.
VL - 2017
IS - No. 1/2017
PY - 2017
SN - 2543-7046
C1 - 2544-0845
SP - 143
EP - 171
DO - 10.4467/00000000TP.17.008.6587
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/teoria-polityki/article/o-wielorakim-sensie-formuly-cel-uswieca-srodki
KW - end
KW - means
KW - justify
KW - Machiavellianism
KW - interpretations