The ends justify the means

Everything around the world usually comes to the end, nothing can stay last forever. When it is time for one thing to end, we can judge whether the ends justify the means or not.  In politic, it is also commonly to encounter with the phrase “The ends justify the means”. According to oxford dictionary, this phrase means about a situation in which the final aim is so important that any way of achieving it is acceptable. In this context, I want to describe this phrase as the satisfaction of everybody can get when decisions are made. In this way, I will discuss about the real situation that happened in Cambodia nowadays which is the conflict between the people living in Borei Keila community which situated in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with a private company named “Phanimex” which plan to chase them out from that area and make a development over that area.

            According to CamNews newspaper, “In early 2003, a land-sharing deal was proposed in which Borei Keila would allow Phanimex to develop part of the community for commercial purposes while providing housing for the residents on the remaining land” (Uon, 2012). However, this company does not follow their promise with the resident that leads to have conflict between the villagers and the company. Recently, the Cambodia government supports this company by sending the police force and alongside with the company employees to diminish the villager’s house and chase them out of that area directly without providing them any restitution money or substitution houses. A dozen people have been injured from the clash between the force and villagers and the government has also arrested eleven villagers who clashed with local officials and security guards. From this aspect, I could learn that developing is not always good as it could leave many families to become homeless or sometimes, it is not satisfied by the residents. Therefore, I think that the ends do not always justify the meaning. There are also many other aspects or real examples in our life that shown the ends do not justify the mean. On the other hand, the ends can also justify the meaning for sometimes as well. An example from our life, when someone hungry and he/she got no money with him/her; therefore, it is suitable for us to help him/her. We do not expect him/her to help us back one day. But, at least we can save one life. For this aspect, I really think that the ends do justify the means. Thus, it is hard to judge whether the ends justify the meaning or not.

            In conclusion, it is depending on the situations that we can judge whether the ends justify the means or not. Additionally, the ends justify the means or not are different from ones to another’s. In this way, people have different perspectives toward something. Hence, the ends justify the means is really complicated for me and I think everybody do think like me too.         

References

1)      Retrieved from: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/end?q=the+end+justifies+the+means#end__42

2)      Oun, C. (2012, 01 19). Retrieved from:

http://www.camnews.org/2012/01/06/villagers-arrested-following-land-clash/. CamNEWS Newspaper. Retrieved from http://www.camnews.org/2012/01/06/villagers-arrested-following-land-clash/