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     Some people have the impression that good ends  means
that the means to those ends are good.  The "ends" justify
the  "means".    Then they come to believe that  once  the
"means"  have been justified they are inherently justified
and  that  any  ends which may be  achieved  by  justified
"means"  must be good ends.  In this way justified "means"
come  to justify new "ends".   By this chain of logic  all
kinds  of means and ends can be woven into a prison  which
keeps the faithful from seeing clearly what is and what is
not alienative; evil.

     Technocrats  tend to be preoccupied with means,   and
unconcerned  about clarifying values in terms of which  to
evaluate goals, ideals, desires, etc.  Technocrats come to
value  means in and of themselves,  and so then value  the
goals  which their valued means put within  reach.    They
regard  as good those goals which their valued means  make
attainable,   even if using those means to strive for  the
goals  result  in human alienation and the undermining  of
personal and communal integrity.  They are not clear about
ultimate values and so cannot evaluate the consequences of
using their valued means.

                                                                                                                               
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