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A Kantian Guide to Life

The Art of Manliness

CHAPTER

Treating People as Ends and Not Just Means

The humanity formulation is one that actually gets used a lot. The most foundational part of it is not treating people as what he calls a mere means. So back to the trolley problem, you're pushing the guy off the bridge to stop the trolley. And on Kant's view, you're not entitled to do that because that's not treating him as having dignity.

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