Philosophy A-Level
Treating persons merely as means
What Treating persons merely as means means in Philosophy A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Treating persons merely as means
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Treating someone solely as a tool, ignoring their rational agency, as in deception and coercion, which bypass or override the capacity to consent.
Topics that use Treating persons merely as means
- Normative ethical theories (AQA A-Level)
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- Acting from duty
- Conditional versus unconditional commands
- Consequences as the determinant of moral value
- Consequentialism
- Contradiction in conception
- Contradiction in will
- Demandingness and alienation
- Doctrine of the mean
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