Kant says to treat people as ends in themselves and never, under any circumstance, as means only, while Mill says to perform whatever action will produce the greatest total amount of pleasure minus pain for all affected.

Describe how these two thinkers disagree on the issue and the resolution you would recommend and why (siding with Kant, Mill, or a position all your own). Use examples and other moral considerations to support your view on the issue.

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Answer Kant and Mill have fundamentally different approaches to ethics which leads to a disagreement on the issue of treating people as ends in themselves versus maximizing overall pleasure and happin... View the full answer