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The end justifies the means? It is both very conflicting and contradictory statement, indeed. It has always been an ethical issue from the beginning of the human history. Can people justify their actions if it meant their survival? Is it right to harm others for your own profit? Would you mind killing someone if it was for your own good? In the story “Rashomon?by Ryunoske Akutagawa, the fundamental principle of ethics is dealt with a deep scorn and the end of the story leaves the readers with a question mark on their head, making them to seriously contemplate and arbitrate the actions of both old woman and the servant. In the story “Rashomon? the servant is dismissed from his job due to the poverty-stricken economy of the West Kyoto after numbers of natural disasters. He goes to Rashomon without any future plans. He doesn’t know what to do but decides to seek a shelter in the old, deserted tower of Rashomon. On his way to the top of the tower, he goes through a dilemma whether he should be a thief or not. His ide