Sentences with phrase «as ends»

Human beings are to be treated as ends, never only as means.

But neither self - education nor the undergirding of intellectual activity constitutes the purpose of work that can have only the glory of God and the welfare of companions as its ends.

We love ourselves more than we love our neighbors and hence repeatedly use our neighbors more as means to our ends than as ends in themselves.

Babies made by reproductive technology must be treated as ends in themselves and not merely as means for fulfilling social or parental values.

Her concern is, that in their desire for making converts, people on short - term missions often treat local people merely as means to an end rather than as ends in themselves.

The first ethical principle is that we should treat subjects as ends in themselves and not merely as means to our own ends.

Nature, social relations and personal feelings could now be treated as ends rather than means, could be liberated from the repressive control of technical reason

As has been the case for ages since, they were valued for their sexual uses rather than as ends in themselves.

They should not be treated merely as means but as ends in themselves.

Unfortunately, this new found freedom thus far has resulted in people being treated as means rather than as ends.

Under this category would come the promotion of particular programs, of particular reforms, and of particular moralities, the advocacy of this or that social formula or this or that political solution as ends in themselves.

It appears wherever finite and relative things or powers arc regarded as ends - in - themselves, where man is treated as existing for his own sake, where civilization is valued for civilization's sake, where art is practiced for art's sake, where life is lived for life's sake or nation adored for nation's sake.

The striking feature of this is the repudiation of precisely those good things which earlier sages had accepted as the ends of life: gold, silver, rubies, things of desire.

Animals can not be treated merely with respect to their instrumental value — they ought to be treated primarily as ends.

This reminds me of Kant's idea that «people should be treated as ends in themselves rather than a means to an end» — the basis of his ideas of personhood, dignity and human rights.

Maybe Kant is right, and we should rely on the formal autonomy of rational agents who see each other as ends in themselves.

lives of all people — given the fact that we do some things as ends in themselves without ulterior motive or outside design, freely entering into such activity within its own time (a playtime) and its own space (a playground) and its own order (a playbook)-- it is surprising that we understand play so poorly.

The last thing the philosopher should be is an aloof onlooker or a rhetorical cheerleader, for «without the knowledge of actual conditions and of relations of cause and effect, any values that we set up as ends are bare ideals in the sense in which ideal» means utopian, without means for its realization» (JDE 18).

But with huge plant investments and the nightmare of retrenchment facing educational institutions, the temptation is to see students not as ends for which schools exist, but as means to the economic survival of the institutions themselves.

Stress was on education and persuasion with the principles only as the ends toward which society was moving.

Kant's second form of the categorical imperative states that we should always treat persons as ends in themselves never merely as means to our ends.

They have a chance to see (and to treat) their fellow humans as ends rather than means.

With semantics technology sales teams can easily access data relevant not only to the business and the industry their clients are working in, but also the in - between links like transport and delivery mechanics, as well as end - markets.

«As we end 2013, we are starting to see the results of the significant investments we made throughout this past year to strengthen and enhance our back - of - house product operations structure,» Currie said.

They say, «I'm stuck here,» looking at their cubicle job as the end, there is nowhere else to go, and they feel like they will never reach the desired destination of «success.»

Too often, we think of «success» or «doing what we love» as an end.

In an interview with The Wall Street Journal (first reported on by ZDNet), Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun spoke about the company's foray into the US, saying that the first smartphones might arrive as early as the end of this year, or in early 2019 at worst.

Lyft could enter Canada — specifically considering Toronto and Vancouver in the beginning — as soon as the end of 2017.

Critics say a focus on engagement as the paramount metric and on connecting people as an end in itself are what made Facebook such a powerful medium for disinformation.

What happens next will depend on the SEC's next move, Forge told me, and may be determined as early as the end of this month.

As the end of my 12 - month mat leave drew closer, I started to panic.

Kelly Blair, a Toronto - based senior partner at executive search firm the Caldwell Partners International, prefers the term «career tactic» to «exit strategy,» but says more executives are thinking in terms of time lines, as well as end rewards, when evaluating new roles.

In the defence filed in Anita Bell's lawsuit, O'Leary Funds said the market was slowing as early as the end of 2009.

Soylent, a meal - replacement drink, even touts itself as the end of food as we know it — and has notched more than $ 20 million in investment from the likes of Andreessen Horowitz.

As the end of the year approaches, experts say it's a good time to take stock of your financial situation by reviewing important documents.

Garzik and his partner Matt Roszack expect the financial industry will begin using the blockchain for stock and loan settlements as soon as the end of this year.

Rather than seeing it as an end point, think of it as a beginning.

If we've learned one thing about the TV business over the past year, it's that almost everything that was once written in stone is now up for grabs, including who is in control and what they see as their end goal.

But maybe it was all for the best, as she ended up being able to bless us with her portrayal of the clever and fierce Rachel Zane on «Suits.»

I instructed her to call a relationship counselor as soon as we ended the session and to schedule an appointment.

Telegram promotes itself as an ultra secure instant messaging system because all data is encrypted from start to finish, known in the industry as end - to - end encryption.

A deal could be finalised as early as the end of this month, he said.

This is done through consistent communication with a company's leadership team and ensuring training processes and strategies evolve as your end customers» needs evolve.

Those prerequisites include terminating America's military presence in South Korea as well as ending the U.S. regional nuclear umbrella, a security arrangement in which Washington promises in - kind retaliation on behalf of close allies if they are attacked with nuclear weapons.

As the end of the year approaches, and the bad economic news shows no signs of slowing, many business owners find themselves in a similar predicament.

Democrats have embraced the issue, while Republican congressional leaders and Trump haven't moved to adopt measures such as ending assault - weapon sales.

If working groups» tests are successful, firms could be using it to transact real value as early as the end of this year and we could see widespread industry application within the next few years.

While it may seem like an exit strategy should be created as the end approaches, businesses should actually have an exit strategy in place before you make your first sale.

Focus on the means as well as the end.

By the time the final result of the by - election was called, members of Goldsmith's family were in tears and the former Conservative MP could only look down at the floor as the end of his political career was confirmed to the room.