The philosopher Immanuel Kant said that rational human beings should be treated as an end in themselves and not as a means to something else. The fact that we are human has value in itself.

So, for example, the philosopher Kant thought that it would be wrong to tell a lie in order to save a friend from a murderer. If we compare Deontologists with Consequentialists we can see that ...

No, a lie is a lie; she's a total Kantian on this subject. The philosopher Immanuel Kant argued that truth-telling is a "perfect duty," one so basic that it cannot be overridden by other values—not ...

A year and a half after the announcement of a closure plan that never came to fruition, Lititz Family Cupboard in Warwick Township actually shut down this week. Tuesday was the last day for the ...

COHEN, ALIX 2016. The Role of Feelings in Kant's Account of Moral Education. Journal of Philosophy of Education, Vol. 50, Issue. 4, p. 511. Sticker, Martin 2017. Kant's Criticism of Common Moral ...

Allison, Henry E. 2020. Kant's Conception of Freedom. This volume collects Kant's most important ethical and anthropological writings from the 1760s, before he developed his critical philosophy. The ...

Anshula Kant was appointed Managing Director and World Bank Group Chief Financial Officer on October 7, 2019. In this role, she is responsible for financial and risk management of the World Bank Group ...

From the always thoughtful and readable Jonathan Rauch, in Persuasion; some excerpts, though the whole thing is much worth reading: Never in my lifetime have critiques of Locke, Smith, Mill, the ...