If a vandal smashes a shop window and runs off, it is an illegal and inexcusable act, but if a dissident living under a harsh authoritarian regime smashes the window of a government office as a protest, the act, though still illegal, could be seen by some as both excusable and justifiable. Means and Ends sets out to answer such questions as: can the end ever justify the means? Is it always wrong to break tire law, or does the context of the act make all the difference? Is there an ultimate authority whose laws must be obeyed before those of an earthly state? Presenter Ted Harrison Producer DAVID coomes