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casperchen82

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The categorical imperative claims that we should
 
 

a. respect persons as means and never as ends
  b. respect persons as ends and never as means
  c. respect all human beings at all times
  d. respect all sentient beings



Question 2

Kants categorical imperative required that an act was right if
 
 

a. a maxim of the action could be willed to be a universal law.
  b. it were ordered by God
  c. it were ordered by the State
  d. was recognized by common law




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Answer to Question 1

b. respect persons as ends and never as means

Answer to Question 2

a. a maxim of the action could be willed to be a universal law.



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