Editing Satyagraha (section)

=== Means and ends ===
The theory of satyagraha sees means and ends as inseparable obtain an end are wrapped up in and attached to that end. Therefore, it is contradictory to try to use unjust means to obtain justice or to try to use violence to obtain peace. As Gandhi wrote: "They say, 'means are, after all, means'. I would say, 'means are, after all, everything'. As the means so the end.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gandhi |first1=Mahatma |title=All men are brothers : life and thoughts of Mahatma Gandhi as told in his own words |year=2005 |orig-year=1960 |publisher=Navajivan Publishing House |isbn=9789812454249 |url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/amabrothers/allmenarebrothers.htm |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> Separating means and ends would ultimately amount to introducing a form of duality and inconsistency at the core of Gandhi's non-dual (Advaitic) conception.<ref>Cristina Ciucu, "Being Truthful to Reality. Grounds of Nonviolence in Ascetic and Mystical Traditions" in  Sudhir Chandra (dir.), ''Violence and Non-violence across Time. History, Religion and Culture'', Routledge / Taylor & Francis, Londres & New York, 2018, pp. 247-314.</ref>

Gandhi used an example to explain this: "If I want to deprive you of your watch, I shall certainly have to fight for it; if I want to buy your watch, I shall have to pay for it; and if I want a gift, I shall have to plead for it; and, according to the means I employ, the watch is stolen property, my own property, or a donation."<ref>{{cite book |last1=M.K. |first1=Gandhi |title=Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule |date=1938 |publisher=Navajivan Publishing House |chapter=16 |edition=1 |url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/hindswaraj/hindswaraj.htm |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref>
Gandhi rejected the idea that injustice should, or even could, be fought against "by any means necessary"—if you use violent, coercive, unjust means, whatever ends you produce will necessarily embed that injustice.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gandhi |first1=M. K. |title=Voice of Truth (Selected Works of Mahatma Gandhi: Volume V) |publisher=Navajivan Trust |chapter=12 |year=1927 |isbn=81-7229-008-X |url=https://www.gandhiashramsevagram.org/voice-of-truth/index.php |access-date=11 December 2020}}</ref> However, in [[Hind Swaraj]] Gandhi admits that even though his book argues that machinery is bad, it was produced by machinery, which he says can do nothing good. Thus, he says, "sometimes poison is used to kill poison" and for that reason as long as machinery is viewed as bad it can be used to undo itself.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Gandhi |first1=Mohandas |title=Hind Swaraj |date=1938-11-12 |publisher=Navajivan Publishing House |page=85 |url=https://www.mkgandhi.org/ebks/hind_swaraj.pdf}}</ref> This implies that sometimes, bad means can achieve positive ends.