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Immanuel Kant

Human freedom is realised in the adoption of humanity as an end in itself, for the one thing that no-​one can be compelled to do by another is to adopt a particular end.

Immanuel Kant, Metaphysics of Morals (1797), Part Two: “Metaphysics of Virtue.”

Image incorporating aquatint silhouette by J.T. Puttrich, 1793. Wellcome CollectionPublic Domain Mark

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