[MD] Altruism: Play The Greed

[craigerb at comcast.net]

[Craig]
> "Their end was to maximize profit. That everyone benefited 
> was only a means to that end, not the aim itself." 
{Ian]
> (You use the past tense in "benefited" then call it the "means to an 
> end" ... illogical ...  
 
 Ian, 
 "Their end was (past tense) to maximize profit. That everyone benefited (past tense) was (past tense) only a means to that end, not the aim itself."
Neither ungrammatical nor illogical.
Craig