Do the Ends Justify the Means?
Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager
Salem Podcast Network
4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 23 June 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Dennis Prager is tackling a timeless question that has puzzled philosophers and everyday people alike: do the ends justify the means? In this thought-provoking episode, he dives into the complexities of this age-old cliche, exploring its limitations and the situations where it simply doesn't apply.
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| 0:00.0 | Life Audio |
| 0:03.0 | On today's episode of Timeless Wisdom. |
| 0:07.6 | So here's one today. |
| 0:09.1 | I want to attack a cliche. |
| 0:14.0 | Now let me say a word about cliches. |
| 0:16.7 | These are things, these are lines that are used over and over and they become a cliche. |
| 0:21.6 | A haste makes waste is a good example. |
| 0:24.5 | Anyway, haste makes waste is a great example, and it's true. |
| 0:27.5 | Most clichés are true. |
| 0:30.1 | Okay? |
| 0:31.7 | However, there is, there is a small fraction that is used and just isn't true. And the one I'm dealing with today |
| 0:43.1 | is the ends don't justify the means. That's coming up on timeless wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
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| 1:20.9 | Welcome to Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager. |
| 1:24.7 | Hear thousands of hours of Dennis's lectures, courses, and classic radio programs, |
| 1:29.1 | and to purchase Dennis Prager's rational Bibles. |
| 1:31.8 | Go to Dennis Prager.com. |
| 1:39.0 | To be or not to be. |
| 1:43.3 | That is the question. Where was God? Isn't God supposed to be. That is the question. |
| 1:45.8 | Where was God? |
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