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Kant's Categorical Imperative

In Our Time: Philosophy

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The Humanity Formulation

The second formulation always act on those maxims such that you treat humanity never merely as a means, but always as an end. So the idea there is, of course, we use people as means to ends all the time. But what can't object to is the idea of using other rational beings as pure means to ourd our own end. Just being a rational being, and we are rational beings, makes you an end in itself to be respected. You can see immediately, without any further interpretation, that kind of the influence of that kind of idea,. he's one of the premier kind of a a emphasizes the concept of human dignity.

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