Would you judge one's moral character more by their actions or by their intentions?
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Results first. Actions second. Intent third.
You can say your intent is anything and I've got no way of verifying this.
You can take good actions that make the situation worse. If noone warned you about the consequences I guess I can't blame you.
If the result is a net positive I won't complain too much. Even if you said you'd solve global warming by making fun of orphans and somehow made that work I'd quietly grumble about there must have been a better way but be happy that I don't have to deal with it.