The end justifies the means.

Cum finis est licitus, etiam media sunt licita.

Hermann Busenbaum

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Topic

End justifies the means Justifications and rationales Moral relativism Moral theory Morality

Author

Hermann Busenbaum

Source

Medulla Theologiae Moralis

Genre

Religious literature Philosophical literature

Language

Latin

Time

1650 1650s 17th century

Occupation

Theologian Catholic Christian

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Germany Europe

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Citation

Busenbaum, Hermann. Medulla Theologiae Moralis. 1650.

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The masters have been done away with; the morality of the common man has triumphed.

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The die is cast.

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Quoted in Lives of the Caesars, by Suetonius

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Suetonius
Source
Lives of the Caesars
Genre
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Language
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Time
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Caesar, Julius. Quoted in De vita Caesarum [About the Life of the Caesars], by Suetonius. 121 AD.

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