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Quotation from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant
“So act as to treat humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end withal, never as means only”
Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Second Section, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1889)
The formula of humanity, the basis of later doctrines of respect for persons in research and clinical ethics.
Citation: "So act as to treat humanity, whether in thine own person or in that of any other, in every case as an end withal, never as means only" — Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Second Section, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott (1889). (id groundwork-of-the-metaphysics-of-morals-q11)
Portrait: Immanuel Kant - Gemaelde 2, Becker, Public domain.
