A person who believes that "the ends justify the means" would be likely to have a high level of which personality trait?

A) empathy
B) Machiavellianism
C) self-awareness
D) social skills

Answer: B
Explanation: Self-awareness and social skills bear little relevance to ends justifying means, so those choices can be ruled out. Empathy, or sensing the feelings of others, might prevent a person from fully taking advantage of an "ends justify means" point of view, so that choice can be ruled out. The person that does live by the "ends justify means" credo is the high Mach individual who tends to think only of goals and not the methods he or she uses to achieve those goals. This makes "Machiavellianism" the correct response.