PHI 1700H Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Immanuel Kant
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Chapter 10: kant and respect for persons: kant"s core ideas, background. Chapter 10: kant and respect for persons: to treat people as ends requires treating them with respect. In desperation, you consider telling your friend you will repay it in order to get the money. Perhaps you need the money for a good purpose so good, in fact, that you might convince yourself that the lie would be justified. Nevertheless, you should not lie to your friend. If you did, you would be manipulating her and using her merely as a means. : when you tell your friend the truth, and she gives you money, you are using her as a means to getting the money. Retribution and utility in the theory of punishment: background, bentham said that all punishment in itself is evil. And utilitarians have traditionally thought that it does.
