Sentence examples for evil means from inspiring English sources

"The necessary evil means precisely that: it is both 'necessary' and 'evil,' " she said.

We must help those who are suffering, but we may not use a good end to justify an evil means.

Nonresistance to evil, the doctrine that inspired Gandhi, meant not that evil must be accepted but only that it cannot be fought with evil means, especially violence.

Dostoyevsky's first masterpiece, the novel is a psychological analysis of the poor student Raskolnikov, whose theory that humanitarian ends justify evil means leads him to murder a St . Petersburgpawnbroker.

In fact, the US is so checked and balanced it is a small miracle that government happens at all – which if you think government is the source of all evil means the constitution is doing its job.

Neiman herself is understandably reluctant to offer a single, narrow definition of her own for what "evil" means today, but what she does suggest is a useful description of what effect evil has: calling something "evil," she writes, "is a way of marking the fact that it shatters our trust in the world".

What else are you gonna call that?" ThIs story has been updated.

"Social evil" meant prostitution.

Ignore his evil, mean and useless attempts at belittling you and maiming your self esteem.

"You know this sign doesn't mean evil, it means "I love you"." she explains.

The company's position on not being evil essentially means a commitment to technological progression, not a commitment to morality (Bogost also points out that Wiktionary has already redefined evil in the case of computing/programming as something that is "undesirable; harmful; bad practice", far removed from what most of us might understand "evil" to mean).