CLASS 10
A QUESTION OF TRUST
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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A bird in hand is better than two in a bush.
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Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.
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The ends do not justify the means.
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A stitch in time saves nine.
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Detailed explanation-1: -That smacks of the argument that the end justifies the means, an approach that is unacceptable to the overwhelming majority. There is an old expression: the end justifies the means.
Detailed explanation-2: -The means do not justify the end. Niccolò Machiavelli (ca. 1500).
Detailed explanation-3: -What Does the End Justifies the Means Mean? The phrase “the end justifies the means” is used to suggest that any activity, whether or not that activity could be considered ethically or morally bad, is worth doing so long as a desired end result is achieved. The origins of the phrase go back to consequentialism.
Detailed explanation-4: -But as young kids, we learned that the “end doesn’t justify the means.” In other words, a positive outcome isn’t, well, a good thing if the methods used were dishonest or harmful to others.