Conclusion Q- CR- LSAT test

[supersuj]

The end of an action is the intended outcome of the action and not a mere by-product of the action, and the end's value is thus the only reason for the action. So while it is true that not every end's value will justify any means, and even, perhaps, that there is no end whose value will justify every means, it is clear that nothing will justify a means except an end's value.

Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?

A) The value of some ends may justify any means.
B) One can always justify a given action by appeal to the value of its intended outcome.
C) One can justify an action only by appeal to the value of its intended outcome.
D) Only the value of the by-products of an action can justify that action.
E) Nothing can justify the intended outcome of an action except the value of that action's actual outcomes.

[RonPurewal]

the answer should be (c), which is a rephrase of the stated conclusion ("nothing will justify a means except an end's value").

by the way, i can guarantee you that you are not going to see a question like this on the gmat.
they actually STATE the conclusion IN the passage, and then ask for that conclusion AGAIN, in different words. in other words, the sole purpose of this problem is to test difficult wording; all you're really doing is regurgitating what's already there.
the gmat isn't going to do that.