I think the point here is that if we are looking at the economy as the ultimate end and treating people as the means to that end, then we’re doing it wrong [1].

I think the point here is that if we are looking at the economy as the ultimate end and treating people as the means to that end, then we’re doing it wrong [1]. I get annoyed every single time I hear people justify the suffering of others as “good for the economy.” Act in such a way that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never merely as a means to an end, but always at the same time as an end. — Immanuel Kant, Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative#The_second_formulation:_the_formula_of_humanity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categorical_imperative#The_sec...