ABSTRACT
How should we proceed in order to find out whether any of the interpretations given to the term “right end’ are proper ?
To begin with we shall list some conditions that the true definition of “right end’ must indisputably meet. Then we shall determine whether the conceptions which have been discussed fulfil them. If not, they are to be rejected. The requirements are as follows:
1. If some given end is recognized to be the right one, there remains no place for the question, ‘Am I doing the right thing, acting reasonably, if I pursue it ?’ Given the knowledge that it is the right end, there is no question about whether it is good to pursue it. Thus we possess one criterion in the demand that the concept of the right end cannot be formulated in such a way that any such question can still arise once something has been established to be that end.
