...laws of the will must be capable of being derived. The practical imperative will therefore be this : Act so as to use humanity, whether in your own person...another, always as an end, never as merely a means. 279 The principle, that humanity and every rational nature is an end in itself, is not borrowed from...

...Utilitarianism," it is stated in the most emphatic and uncompromising manner. Kant's second maxim is, " Act so as to use humanity, whether in your own person...in the person of another, always as an end, never merely as a means." 1 Mill, thanks to his incomparable inconsistency, states the same principle with...

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...laws of the will must be capable of being derived. The practical imperative will therefore be this : Act so as to use humanity, whether in your own person or in the'person of another, always as an end, never as merely a means. The principle, that humanity and...

...cited, p. 1 24 above. maxim which thou canst at the same time will should be a universal law," ie " Act so as to use humanity, whether in your own person...person of another, always as an end, never as merely a means1." It is in this ethical connexion that Kant's most distinguished English commentator, E. Caird,...

...cited, p. 124 above. maxim which thou canst at the same time will should be a universal law," ie " Act so as to use humanity, whether in your own person...person of another, always as an end, never as merely a means1." It is in this ethical connexion that Kant's most distinguished English commentator, E. Caird,...

...superseding all naturalistic or merely utilitarian rules. " So act as to treat humanity, whether in thy own person or in the person of another, always as an end, and never as a means only."1 These ideas are sometimes spoken of as transcendental, as though they...

...Bentham's way of putting it; and Kant merely repeated the same great ideal in his famous imperative : "Act so as to use humanity, whether in your own person...in the person of another, always as an end, never merely as a means." And the Founder of the Christian Religion proclaimed the same ideal when he laid...

...less successful attempt to organize social action in accord with the principle formulated by Kant: "Act so as to use humanity, whether in your own person...the person of another, always as an end, never as a means." Obviously the moral problems set a community which endeavors to put the principle of brotherhood...