The Result Justify The Means. For example some students I have taught justified lying on their resume because it could help them get a job. End justifies the means the A good outcome excuses any wrongs committed to attain it.
The closest Machiavelli comes to actually saying the ends justify the means quote is from Chapter XVIII of The Prince Men judge generally more by the eye than by the hand because it belongs to everybody to see you to few to come in touch with you. So does it mean it is wrong for a police officer to carry tools of torture such as a baton pepper spray taser and firearm. Losses at Trumps Scottish golf courses top 75M.
One may not do evil so that good may result from it.
If the goals are good and noble and the means we use to achieve them are also good and noble then yes the ends do justify the means. The ends justify the means. The end doesnt justify the means. The end justifies the means.