Means, Ends, and Persons
Author | : Robert Audi |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 193 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780190251550 |
ISBN-13 | : 0190251557 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Download or read book Means, Ends, and Persons written by Robert Audi and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2016 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kant's injunction that we must treat persons as ends in themselves and never merely as means is plausible but often misunderstood. This book shows how the notions of treating persons as ends in themselves and, by contrast, merely as means, can be anchored outside Kant and clarified in ways that enhance their usefulness in ethical theory and in practical ethics, where they are often felt to have considerable intuitive force.