PHIL 1050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Categorical Imperative, Jeremy Bentham
14 Apr 2013
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Kant: though humans occupy a special place in creation. Humans traditionally thought themselves to be quite fabulous. Kant: human beings have an intrinsic worth or dignity that makes them valuable above all price . Kant: but so far as animals are concerned, we have no direct duties. Animals are there merely as means to an end. We may therefore use animals in any way we please, we don"t have direct duty to refrain from torturing them according to this view. Kant did condemn the abuse of animals, but not because of the harm that would be placed on them but because he who is cruel to animals also becomes hard in his dealings with men . When kant states that human beings are valuable above all price he meant that people are irreplaceable. If a child dies this is a tragedy and remains one even if another child is born into the same family.
