The Jedi: Do the ends justify the means?

In the Jedi code, can the ends justify the means?

At least sometimes they can. For example, Qui-Gonn uses a mind trick to steal a bongo and telekinesis to cheat at gambling (with the chance cube).

How far does this go? I’m wondering…

Luke: Alderaan? I’m not going to Alderaan. I’ve got to go home. It’s late, I’m in for it as it is.

Obi-Wan: I need your help, Luke. She needs your help. I’m getting too old for this sort of thing.

Luke: I can’t get involved! I’ve got work to do! It’s not that I like the Empire, I hate it, but there’s nothing I can do about it right now. It’s such a long way from here.

Obi-Wan: That’s your uncle talking.

Luke: Oh God, my uncle. How am I ever going to explain this?

Obi-Wan: Learn about the Force, Luke.

Luke: Look, I can take you as far as Anchorhead. You can get a transport there to Mos Eisley or wherever you’re going.

Obi-Wan: You must do what you feel is right, of course. [sits, thinks for a moment] Excuse me for a moment, I have to, uh… go to the bathroom. [slips away, makes an anonymous phone call] Hello, stormtroopers? I have some information on where you might be able to find certain droids you may be looking for…

Is it possible? If sufficiently desperate, could a Jedi do such a thing?

Obi Wan warns Luke i think it is either in the novelization for star wars or the radio drama, that misuse of the force can lead to the dark side.

I think the problem is the more you use the force to cheat the more addictive it gets.  But asking a jedi not to use the force would be like asking one of us to cease breathing.

I think the whole Jedi Credo is to teach proper use of the force and restraint. Whereas the sith would say the strongest rules and that justifies the ends.

Judge said:

Obi-Wan says the force has an influence on the weak minded, and I don't think Luke is weak minded.

I don’t know what this is in response to.  Are you under the impression that I or anybody else suggested that Luke could be subjected to a Jedi mind trick?  If that’s what you got out of my original post, it’s not what I meant.

Let me try to explain.  Suppose Obi-Wan needed Luke’s help on the mission to Alderaan, and believed the fate of the entire galaxy depended on Luke going on the mission.  Furthermore, Luke was refusing to go on the mission because of his perceived obligation to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru.  With the fate of the galaxy at stake, would it be possible for a Jedi like Obi-Wan to make an anonymous tip to the stormtroopers in order to eliminate Owen and Beru from the picture and thereby secure Luke’s participation in the mission?

This has been the main focus on Charles Xavier in the X-Men comics from the past year or so.  They reveal that he manipulated the thoughts/decisions of a lot of the X-Men over the years, "For the greater good."  Turns out a lot of them don't really like it that much.

It's been an interesting read.  Really makes you consider the consequences of all of that power.

I think you mean that with great power come high utility bills.