Scott: My dyslexia is acting up again.
I must digress. The Kantian imperative is to treat people as ENDS and not
means. The meaning behind this is to not to use people. Of course, if
this were used in a perfect sense, then nothing would happen that we did
not do ourselves. But, using people and taking them for granted is wrong.
I apologize for any problem this may have caused.
Jesse
On Tue, 9 Dec 1997, Jesse W. White wrote:
> Work ethic is the basis of my doctoral research. Quite frankly, (on this
> short of notice) I suggest you approach the topic from the point of view
> of consumerism. My understanding of teens is their needs are the same as
> others. Their psyche is as durable and flexible as anyone's. Immanuel Kant
> has two basic imperatives that I believe sum up work ethic. The first is
> to treat people as means and not ends. That is the dignity and respect
> required of most people is a source of work ethic. And it is a two way
> street. If area employees have a reputation with the teen population of
> being unreasonable, then who is to say if the "work ethic" ofthe teens is
> in question or if the consumerist culture we live in coupled with poor
> corporate social responsibility is the source. I am sure that if the
> teens see a horrible life in front of them compared to the good life
> behind them (of childhood), then who is to blame "work ethic."
>
> The second imperative is treat each action as if will become a universal
> law. That is, if an action today becomes the standard of behavior for
> tomorrow, then a rational, and natural, system orset of symbols replaces
> the current cultural symbols (and norms).
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