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Quotation from The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics by Immanuel Kant
“It is, therefore, a contradiction to say that a man is in duty bound to advance his own happiness with all his power”
The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, Introduction, IV, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott
Why one's own happiness cannot be one of the ends that are also duties.
Citation: "It is, therefore, a contradiction to say that a man is in duty bound to advance his own happiness with all his power" — Immanuel Kant, The Metaphysical Elements of Ethics, Introduction, IV, trans. Thomas Kingsmill Abbott. (id kant-metaphysical-elements-of-ethics-q3)
