When Robespierre was in power he used several questionable methods to help France become untied and to fight back the First Coalitions. The first of these methods was to create a planned economy. This is when the government controlled the max price of certain goods. The government also enforced rationing (page 697 Mckay) which forced bakers only to make "the bread of equality". I disagree with his methods because I believe that the government should not interfere with what people can and cannot make. But I do agree with the regulating of the prices of certain goods because this allowed the poor to eat. Another one of this methods was to create a fear in the country that would solidify the nation. While the end result here is good I strongly disagree with his methods. "Forty thousand French men and woman were executed or died in prison" (698). He used local courts that ignored legal procedures and they judged harshly. I think that doing this was incredibly wrong. He unfairly imprisoned thousands of French men and woman just to create unity in the nation. Overall Robespierre's methods created a much more powerful France that was able to overpower the First Coalition. This leaves the question do the ends justify the means, in my opinion no.
