If a goal is worthy then any means to attain it are justifiable

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If a goal is worthy, then any means to attain it are justifiable.

A goal is set by an individual or a society to obtain a certain desirable state. It is the goal that provides the motivation to the people to do better. The statement contends that one can follow any means possible to achieve the goal as long as the final outcome is worthy of doing so. Admittedly, having a goal and a passion to achieve the same is vital to personal growth. But I disagree with the statement as there are a number of cases in which adopting any means to achieve a certain goal may lead to degradation of one's moral values.

For instance, a crime committed for personal gains is not at all justifiable even though the results are good enough. Is killing a person justifiable to gain monetary gains with his/her property? Not only is this evil and against the law, but also it has irreversible effects on a person's moral values and ethics. Another example to understand this can be using nukes (nuclear weapons) in a war to simply win the war. Given the level of destruction that such weapons can cause, following this path is surely not acceptable.

The statement does not hold true for most of the situations where a person's integrity is in question. A former employee of an organization revealing business secrets or any confidential information for his own profit is inexcusable. Although the ultimate purpose of having a goal is to grow in life, doing so at the cost of moral standards is nothing but inhumane. However, there is nothing wrong with an employee exposing the company's false claims of the benefits of products to its customers. This may have a long lasting impact on the reputation of the company, but it can be justified provided that the reason behind doing so was pure.

Considering the effects of human actions on the environment, following a path with deleterious effects can be valid at times. Take an example of Amazon rainforests. If rainforests are the respiratory system of the earth, the amazon is a full lung. It absorbs approximately 1.5bn tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. This lung is being deteriorated at cancerous rates because of deforestation. Since 2001, its absorption rate has fallen by 1.2% a year. It may seem viable at present to use such an amazing natural resource for industrial growth. However, we may lose a perfect natural sink of CO2 in which can earth's carbon dioxide level will increase exponentially. Therefore, doing so is indefensible by all means considering its long-term effects.

Therefore, one can not deny that pursuing a goal at an expense of moral values, ethics, and our responsibility toward the society and environment is not a rational choice. Ultimately, it can be said that we must consider the repercussions of our actions in our conquest towards our specific goals, no matter how fruitful the final outcomes are.

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Average: 5.4 (1 vote)
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 280, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a person' or simply 'persons'?
Suggestion: a person; persons
...but also it has irreversible effects on a persons moral values and ethics. Another exampl...
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Line 5, column 69, Rule ID: POSSESIVE_APOSTROPHE[1]
Message: Possible typo: apostrophe is missing. Did you mean 'persons'' or 'person's'?
Suggestion: persons'; person's
...true for most of the situations where a persons integrity is in question. A former empl...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, however, if, may, so, therefore, for instance

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 27.0 19.5258426966 138% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 12.4196629213 113% => OK
Conjunction : 11.0 14.8657303371 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.3162921348 80% => More relative clauses wanted.
Pronoun: 30.0 33.0505617978 91% => OK
Preposition: 61.0 58.6224719101 104% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2329.0 2235.4752809 104% => OK
No of words: 481.0 442.535393258 109% => OK
Chars per words: 4.841995842 5.05705443957 96% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.68313059816 4.55969084622 103% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.8650896538 2.79657885939 102% => OK
Unique words: 253.0 215.323595506 117% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.525987525988 0.4932671777 107% => OK
syllable_count: 742.5 704.065955056 105% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 8.0 6.24550561798 128% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 3.0 3.10617977528 97% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 2.0 4.38483146067 46% => More preposition wanted as sentence beginning.

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 26.0 20.2370786517 128% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 34.3827223709 60.3974514979 57% => The essay contains lots of sentences with the similar length. More sentence varieties wanted.
Chars per sentence: 89.5769230769 118.986275619 75% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.5 23.4991977007 79% => OK
Discourse Markers: 2.15384615385 5.21951772744 41% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 15.0 10.2758426966 146% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 6.0 5.13820224719 117% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 5.0 4.83258426966 103% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.147434066955 0.243740707755 60% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.037974539421 0.0831039109588 46% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0560821587232 0.0758088955206 74% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0818942230669 0.150359130593 54% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0877540980863 0.0667264976115 132% => OK

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.6 14.1392134831 75% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 61.67 48.8420337079 126% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 9.1 12.1743820225 75% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.79 12.1639044944 89% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.73 8.38706741573 104% => OK
difficult_words: 128.0 100.480337079 127% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 11.0 11.8971910112 92% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 11.7820224719 76% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 54.17 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.25 Out of 6
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