According to kant, because persons are ends they should never be used as means to ends. so, even if sacrificing one person saves millions it is not moral. For ex, if jihadist islamist terrorists say that if you kill one person, he will not detonate a dirty bomb in Starkville, it is not a moral action to kill the person to save the thousands.

a. true
b. false


Answer: a. true

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A) fiscal obligations a business has to its stockholders. B) intrusion into an ecosystem frequently causes favorable effects. C) interdependence of an ecosystem's elements. D) possible public perception of negligence and potential legal implications.

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a. fallacious b. deductive c. inductive

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a. kind and compassionate. b. bold and ruthless. c. a consensus builder. d. A and C

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