PHIL 237 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Derivatization, Casual Sex, Fungibility
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Phil 237 part iii: objectification & derivatization (20/06/2016) Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of another, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end . Adoption of the (morally permissible) goals of others as our own (i. e. for their own sake) Also if you consent there"s something wrong with you for enjoying dehumanizing acts) Sexual desire is an appetite, and is necessarily objectifying. It aims not at the person"s humanity, but rather the person as object; it thereby prevents any moral relationship. Kant compares the former to sucking a lemon dry and tossing it aside. The difference: only sexual desires aims at a person as such. So consent is not enough, and sexual desire is always objectifying of both oneself and the other. Present yourself certain way try to obscure flaws.
