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Quotation from The Science of Right by Immanuel Kant
“For one man ought never to be dealt with merely as a means subservient to the purpose of another, nor be mixed up with the subjects of Real Right”
The Science of Right, Part II, § 49, General Remark E. I. The Right of Punishing, trans. W. Hastie (1887)
Kant's reason why punishment may be inflicted only because a crime has been committed, never merely for deterrence or the criminal's own good.
Citation: "For one man ought never to be dealt with merely as a means subservient to the purpose of another, nor be mixed up with the subjects of Real Right" — Immanuel Kant, The Science of Right, Part II, § 49, General Remark E. I. The Right of Punishing, trans. W. Hastie (1887). (id kant-science-of-right-q9)
