An idea from Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals

A thing has value only because someone wants it. A person is an end in themselves. You may use a cashier’s help, but not as a mere tool. Treat everyone “never merely as means, but in every case at the same time as ends in themselves.”

From Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant

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