If a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain it are justifiable.
As humans, it is only natural to have dreams or goals. Goals serve as a mental visualization and motivation towards the ends we seek to achieve. As we work towards our goals, we take certain actions and steps to ensure our success in attaining said goals. The topic statement claims that if a goal is worthy, then any means taken to attain it is justifiable. However, I disagree with the sentiments raised by the statement as the worthiness of a goals is too subjective and can be twisted to suit the needs of a selfish individual. Also, by taking any means to attain a goal, good and kind virtues can be sacrificed in the process.
In order to better illustrate my views, I shall break the topic statement into separate components for better analysis: the worthiness of the goal and the means taken to attain it.
First, what defines a worthy goal? For different people, it can take on very different meanings. It can be a goal on a personal context; trying to hit that certain weight target, or trying to attain certain level of scores in examinations and so on. Others have goals that covers a wider context; goals striving for social and economic equality in the society, world peace and many more. All the above mentioned goals are reasonable goals and ultimately serve to benefit either the individual or the society, but what about goals that are selfish, evil and ultimately harms other people?
It is undeniable that goals are of a subjective matter. As mentioned, different people have different goals. What one deems as a worthy goal might not hold the same for another. Humans are inherently selfish beings and selfish goals can always be manipulated to justify its worthiness in the eyes of the beholder, even at the expense of others. Adolf Hitler sanctified the mass genocide of millions of Jews in chasing his goals of a pure Aryan society. The horror that occurred shocked the world and remains an indelible black mark in history. Were the goals pursued by Hitler's vision worthy? To him, it was. However, still remaining are the fact that millions of lives were sacrificed to attain this goal. A goal that is considered 'worthy' can always be twisted to suit the selfish context of an individual. It is impossible to value the worthiness of a goal as its definition is subjective and leaves too much space for ambiguity.
Also, in pursuing a worthy goal, one must also take into consideration the steps or actions taken to attain the goal. Among the questions one should ask are: Who does the goals benefit? Who are the person or persons affected in the path of pursuing this goal? How does it affect others? By taking the Machiavellian approach as presented by the topic statement, morality and virtues that are considered essentially good can be potentially compromised by the actions taken to attain the goal. If any means can be used to justify the attainment of a worthy goal, a person can stoop to murder, stealing, and any other sort of evil doings. At what point should a person lose his or her humanity? As rational and logical beings, we have been raised to have good values and have a kind disposition towards others. Should we sacrifice all of that and revert to base creatures in order to attain a goal? At some point, the lines must be drawn.
In sum, it is not incorrect to take any means to attain a goal, even if it is deemed worthy. The universal value of what makes a 'worthy' goal is too subjective to establish, and an evil goal can be twisted to the justify the needs of a selfish individual. Also, one should take into consideration the means taken to attain a goal as it can potentially compromise morals and values that are considered inherently good.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 1, column 445, Rule ID: A_PLURAL[1]
Message: Don't use indefinite articles with plural words. Did you mean 'a goal' or simply 'goals'?
Suggestion: a goal; goals
...d by the statement as the worthiness of a goals is too subjective and can be twisted to...
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Line 21, column 209, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...ish, and an evil goal can be twisted to the justify the needs of a selfish individual. Also...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, however, if, so, still, then, sort of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 33.0 19.5258426966 169% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 19.0 12.4196629213 153% => OK
Conjunction : 27.0 14.8657303371 182% => OK
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 78.0 58.6224719101 133% => OK
Nominalization: 11.0 12.9106741573 85% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 3065.0 2235.4752809 137% => OK
No of words: 650.0 442.535393258 147% => Less content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.71538461538 5.05705443957 93% => OK
Fourth root words length: 5.04926703274 4.55969084622 111% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.61589361563 2.79657885939 94% => OK
Unique words: 266.0 215.323595506 124% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.409230769231 0.4932671777 83% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 965.7 704.065955056 137% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.59117977528 94% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 11.0 6.24550561798 176% => OK
Article: 6.0 4.99550561798 120% => OK
Subordination: 6.0 3.10617977528 193% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 1.77640449438 225% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 9.0 4.38483146067 205% => Less preposition wanted as sentence beginnings.
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 36.0 20.2370786517 178% => OK
Sentence length: 18.0 23.0359550562 78% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 49.3351085141 60.3974514979 82% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.1388888889 118.986275619 72% => OK
Words per sentence: 18.0555555556 23.4991977007 77% => OK
Discourse Markers: 1.52777777778 5.21951772744 29% => More transition words/phrases wanted.
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.97078651685 121% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 7.80617977528 26% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 19.0 10.2758426966 185% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 9.0 5.13820224719 175% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.83258426966 166% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.37701654055 0.243740707755 155% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.104533231665 0.0831039109588 126% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.139669366346 0.0758088955206 184% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.234178227365 0.150359130593 156% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.0927894528816 0.0667264976115 139% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 9.8 14.1392134831 69% => 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: 9.8 12.1639044944 81% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.59 8.38706741573 90% => OK
difficult_words: 126.0 100.480337079 125% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.8971910112 67% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.2 11.2143820225 82% => OK
text_standard: 10.0 11.7820224719 85% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 58.33 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.5 Out of 6
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