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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