“Doing the right thing beats doing things right”
Agree
- Good intentions matter most
- Ethics trumps efficiency always
- Perfect execution of wrong is still wrong
- Right thing has moral weight
- History judges us on principles
Disagree
- Intentions mean nothing without results
- Competence prevents more harm
- Right thing done poorly helps no one
- Excellence matters in everything
- Both are equally important actually
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