Means vs. Ends Answer Key
Just because something is important doesn’t mean that it is an end. Negotiating an end to terrorism is a means we all want to be successful but the means of negotiating is not the same as getting the terrorism to end. Similarly, training can be a means to get useful competence and successful performance—an end that is useful. We should not confuse any “how” (a means) with the results, or ends. One verbal cue that you might be dealing with a means is that just about all words in the English language ending with “ing” (planning, developing, evaluating, learning, training, managing, creating) are means. To find out what ...
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