Intention cannot be separated from act, as thought cannot be separated from its language.

Evidence

One can no more judge the means without the end which gives it its meaning than he can detach the end from the means which defines it. Lynching a negro or suppressing a hundred members of the opposition are two analogous acts. Lynching is an absolute evil; it represents the survival of an obsolete civilization, the perpetuation of a struggle of races which has to disappear; it is a fault without justification or excuse. Suppressing a hundred opponents is surely an outrage, but it may have meaning and a reason; it is a matter of maintaining a regime which brings to an immense mass of men a bettering of their lot. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 136 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Means cannot be judged apart from the ends that give them meaning. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 136; An action is defined by conscious intention, not by its effects; Action cannot be driven solely by consequences because consequence knowledge depends on action itself. — Douglas A. Kysar, Regulating from Nowhere: Environmental…, 266

Broader Connections

• Means cannot be judged apart from the ends that give them meaning. #corroborates (0.85) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity, 136
• An action is defined by conscious intention, not by its effects #corroborates (0.80)