kingdom of ends
Americannoun
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The kingdom of ends is a hypothetical, ideal society in which every individual is treated as an end and no one is treated as a means to an end.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
Kant states that another way to arrive at a universal maxim is to imagine you are creating laws for a kingdom of ends.
From Textbooks • Jun. 15, 2022
In the kingdom of ends everything has either value or dignity.
From Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill
A complete characterization of all maxims by means of that formula, namely, that all maxims ought by their own legislation to harmonize with a possible kingdom of ends as with a kingdom of nature.
From Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Abbott, Thomas Kingsmill
The Lord's kingdom is a kingdom of ends, which are uses; or what is the same thing, a kingdom of uses which are ends.
From Heaven and its Wonders and Hell by Ager, John
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