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People are not tools

Kant's second test: never treat a person merely as a means - only as a tool for your goals - but always also as someone with goals of their own. Every person has dignity, a worth not measured by usefulness.

Depth 1 · Foundation

You can tell using someone's help from using someone, and say what "merely" adds.

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Depths of understanding

  1. 1

    Foundation

    You can tell using someone's help from using someone, and say what "merely" adds.

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    DutyKant's second test is another way of finding duties.Harm and consentUsing someone without their agreement ignores their consent.

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What's still between you and People are not tools, depth 1, in the order you can learn it.

  1. 1BeliefDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  2. 2KnowledgeDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  3. 3Good reasonsDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  4. 4PerceptionDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  5. 5ObservationDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  6. 6HypothesisDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  7. 7ClaimDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  8. 8ArgumentDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  9. 9Conditional statementsDepth 1 · Foundation · Logic
  10. 10PredictionDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  11. 11EvidenceDepth 1 · Foundation · Epistemology
  12. 12Testing against the worldDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  13. 13What science can't answerDepth 1 · Foundation · Philosophy of Science
  14. 14Moral questionsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  15. 15Moral reasoningDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  16. 16Harm and consentDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  17. 17ConsequencesDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  18. 18Ends and meansDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  19. 19DutyDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics
  20. 20People are not toolsDepth 1 · Foundation · Ethics

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