RE: [Food for Thought] The ends do not justify the means, but do the means justify the ends?

[lysanderhiggs]

This a good illustration of the "Road to hell being paved with good intentions" concept.
In What is Seen and What is Unseen, (I think that is the title) Bastiat expounds on the unseen consequnces of certain actions. I just wonder how much of our society functions on the notion of some people willfully avoiding looking for unseen consequenses, while trying to distract and shame others from considering them too.