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The ethics of protecting persons
The instrumental treatment of persons
Means and ends
Instrumental versus end-regarding treatment
Treating solely as a means versus merely as a means
Instrumental treatment as human conduct
The motivation and controllability of merely instrumental conduct
Constraints, moral character, and self-control
Motivation, constraints, and the appraisal of character
Action, treatment and conduct
Action, endeavor, and consequence
Levels of behavioral description
Conduct as a morally important category
Manners of action versus actions as defined by manner
The wrong-making character of merely instrumental treatment
Thick and thin moral questions
Substantive and contrastive views of merely instrumental treatment
Persons as ends versus good ends for persons
Internal and external goods for persons
The ethics of respecting persons
Treating others as ends in themselves
Caring about the good of others
Kinds of normativity
Descriptive grounds of end-regarding treatment
End-regarding treatment and respect for persons
Good deeds, good reasons, and good conduct
End-regarding treatment, intention, and interpersonal behavior
The particularity of persons and the interchangeability of means
Autonomy and the moral significance of our self-conceptions
Psychological dispositions and the basis of consent
Respect for persons, point of view, and informed rational desire
End-regarding treatment and respecting moral rights
Conduct toward persons versus behavior affecting them
Conduct, intention, and will
Motivational self-control and the scope of intentions
The manner of interpersonal conduct
Moral requirements and the content of intention
Conduct requirements and the love commandments.
The instrumental treatment of persons
Means and ends
Instrumental versus end-regarding treatment
Treating solely as a means versus merely as a means
Instrumental treatment as human conduct
The motivation and controllability of merely instrumental conduct
Constraints, moral character, and self-control
Motivation, constraints, and the appraisal of character
Action, treatment and conduct
Action, endeavor, and consequence
Levels of behavioral description
Conduct as a morally important category
Manners of action versus actions as defined by manner
The wrong-making character of merely instrumental treatment
Thick and thin moral questions
Substantive and contrastive views of merely instrumental treatment
Persons as ends versus good ends for persons
Internal and external goods for persons
The ethics of respecting persons
Treating others as ends in themselves
Caring about the good of others
Kinds of normativity
Descriptive grounds of end-regarding treatment
End-regarding treatment and respect for persons
Good deeds, good reasons, and good conduct
End-regarding treatment, intention, and interpersonal behavior
The particularity of persons and the interchangeability of means
Autonomy and the moral significance of our self-conceptions
Psychological dispositions and the basis of consent
Respect for persons, point of view, and informed rational desire
End-regarding treatment and respecting moral rights
Conduct toward persons versus behavior affecting them
Conduct, intention, and will
Motivational self-control and the scope of intentions
The manner of interpersonal conduct
Moral requirements and the content of intention
Conduct requirements and the love commandments.