Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., opposed Kant’s principle of the end on thegrounds that it runs contrary to how we treat enemy soldiers: “The enemywe treat not even as a means but as an obstacle to be abolished, if so it maybe. I feel no pangs of conscience over either step, and naturally am slow toaccept a theory that seems to be contradicted by practices that I approve”[Collected Legal Papers (Harcourt, Brace & Jovanovich, 1920), p. 340].Evaluate Holmes’s argument.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., opposed Kant’s principle of the end on thegrounds that it runs…
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., opposed Kant’s principle of the end on thegrounds that it runs contrary to how we treat enemy soldiers: “The enemywe treat not even as a means but as...
