collectivism

According to F.A. Hayek, the notion that objectives justify methods is one where the ethics of individualists and collectivists intersect.

Auguste Comte's student studied in Germany for a time and attended Hegel's lectures. "The identity of outcomes occurs even in the practical principles, as Hegel is a defender of the governments, that is to say, an opponent of the liberals," the student wrote eagerly in a report to Comte about how Hegel's beliefs contrasted to Comte's socialist ones.