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For instance, police constantly giving drug dealers, fencers and the like a free pass if they rat out someone higher up the food chain (a bigger criminal). In other words, for them law is subjective, and the ends justify the means. I don't know if its right or wrong, just if we should apply the same to our daily lives.

Well all the philosophy I've read has almost always made the case for the means never justifies the ends.

What does that say about the law? How much should one support certain laws? Should we all make up our mind? In a way that might be complete anarchy. So its like there is no answer.

For example though, personally in the shoplifting thread, I say let the shoplifters get away with it if its from one of the creepy corporations like walmart or target. Other giant corporations I think its ok to steal from would include those that outsource jobs. Basically because they are already stealing from the people by not having to pay the same taxes, not having to pay our countries people for a job, etc. So if corporations steal, and the law justifies the means, why shouldn't we as individuals?

In other words, that almost makes a argument for shoplifting being legal for big corporations.

There's got to be some way we can decide as a citizen and make a bit of a difference.

So do the ends justify the means? The cops certainly think so. Which speaks poorly of them IMO.