Contracting My Own statement part 2

In the last article, I had mentioned that I was trying to work on the second part of "Contradicting my own statement" but couldn't do so, So to get rid of this mind blockage, I shared my whole week's story. And, I must say, that helped a lot; My mind is pretty clear now, and I am again willing to write.

So, let's finish what we had started,

Before we get into the discussion of "Intentions and Action", Let me briefly explain what "Intentions" exactly are;

Intention is a motive, goal, or, in other words, something we are planning to do. It's like a roadmap to perform an action.

Anything you do( any action we perform) has an intention behind it. You can't just do something and say, "I had no intention to do that"; It's not possible. Every action has an "intention" behind it. In fact, you can say that "Intentions" act as a soul for "Actions".

Sometimes,

You might think that you had no intention of doing something, but the truth is that any action you perform "Willingly" definitely has an intention at its backend.

Note: 

Saying " I had no intention to do that" in accidental situations(like car accidents or any other serious issue) is another thing; it has nothing to do with the topic. Those are accidents, not "Willingly Performed Actions". 

 Actions and accidents both are different things. "Actions" are something we can control; Accidents, on the other hand, are something we can't. 

So, it's pretty clear that if we can't have control over something, we can't plan to do that either; And that's why there is no point in debating on accidental situations in order to verify whether they were intentional or not( unless they really are pre-planned accidents).

Now that we know what intentions are. Let's see how they affect the wrong or righteousness of an action.

Nowadays, we humans have lost the ability to see the reason behind something.

 We, the present generation, fall into more of a" Judge a book by its cover" category. 

Or, if I say this, staying in my context;

" Nowadays, we mostly depend on the consequences of an action for it to be classified as Right or Wrong; Which, of course, isn't wrong. In fact, it defends the point of "Utilitarianism". 

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Utilitarianism is a workable ethical theory that states that

 To determine whether the performed action was right or wrong( good or bad). First, look at its consequences. How it affected others? 

If the performed action had a positive outcome for most number(of people), it is declared as good or vice versa.

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But, still, consequences aren't the only factor to judge whether the action is "Right" or not; Intentions play a significant role in declaring it as wrong or right as well.

Not that I am saying that intentions are the only factor that matter. But, at least, they "do" matter.

Allow me to explain it in simple words,

Imagine someone did something with a good intention, say built a hospital with the "sole intention" of helping the poor. But its construction resulted in the loss of few lives.

How would you classify this action? Was it good or bad?

A. If you classify it based on its consequences, you might say it was "wrong" as it costed precious lives.

But then, 

If you see the intention behind it, you would say the "action to build a hospital was good, even though everything didn't go as expected, but still, it was the right thing to do.

Similarly, imagine someone opens a hotel for tourists in a remote place. But, his intentions aren't just limited to facilitating tourists and earning a legal and rightful profit, 

In fact, he also makes a deal with a group of burglars to rob those tourists on their way back and split the profit.

But, later, the government buys that hotel from him in order to officially facilitate the tourists and provide them security at affordable cost. Which would benefit both the tourists and government

What about this action? Was it good or bad?

A. Well, if you look at it's outcomes, 

You might say that building a hotel at remote place was good action because it would result in facilitating tourists;

 which, eventually, would result in attracting more tourists without worrying about a place to stay. Hence, a greater good for both government and visitors.

But then, On the other hand, if you will look at the initial intention behind it.

You would say that,

 "Even though it ended up as a beneficial project, the initial intention at its backend was not good, and hence it was "Wrong action".

See? How different factor affect different "Actions" differently. That's what I was talking about 

The word "action" might seem pretty simple, but there are lot of other factors affecting it; It's never that easy in practical life to judge something.

Note:

 As I already said, I don't mean to prove that only "Intentions" matter. The sole purpose of this article is to prove that "Intentions DO matter". And saying that "It's only actions that matter, not the intentions" doesn't change. In fact, knowing the fact that actions change the world not the intentions, still, we can't deny the fact that intentions play a significant role in any performed action.

So, friends, here it comes to an end. I never thought I would be able to write for the next 2-3 days but, 

that last article really refreshed my mind, and I was able to finish it with just a little effort.

I hope this article will help you in some way.

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