Immanuel Kant, The Categorical Imperative Kant is saying that people should always be treated as valuable - as an end in themselves - and should not just be used in order to achieve something else.

Take one look at Immanuel Kant (1724-1804 ... He called this the "categorical imperative." Today we would formulate it like this: You should only do what is the best for all.

Many quotes from Immanuel Kant’s writings took on ... when I want something I cannot afford.” Once again, Kant’s categorical imperative kicks in by urging us to think of such a maxim as ...

For the lens texts, you will choose excerpts from either John Stuart Mill’s essay on Utilitarianism, which argues that the goal of every society should be to maximize the collective happiness, or ...