Which of the following statements is an argument put forward by Kant to support his view which represents the moral conception of rights?

Statement A- We should be treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves. 

Statement B- We should make sure that we treat the other person as means to our ends.

Choose the correct answer from the given options:

Only Statement 'A' is correct.

The correct answer is Option 1 - Only Statement 'A' is correct.

Statement A- We should be treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves. 

Correction in Statement B- We should make sure that we DON'T treat the other person as means to our ends.

Human beings’, unlike all other objects, possess dignity. They are, for this reason valuable in themselves. For the eighteenth century German philosopher, Immanuel Kant, this simple idea had a deep meaning. It meant that every person has dignity and ought to be so treated by virtue of being a human being. A person may be uneducated, poor or powerless. He may even be dishonest or immoral. Yet, he remains a human being and deserves to be given some minimum dignity. For Kant, to treat people with dignity was to treat them morally. This idea became a rallying point for those struggling against social hierarchies and for human rights. Kant’s views represent, what is called, the moral conception of rights. This position rests upon two arguments. First, we should be treating others as we would like to be treated ourselves. Second, we should make sure that we don’t treat the other person as means to our ends. We should not treat people as we treat a pen, a car, or a horse. That is, we should respect people not because they are useful to us but because they are, after all, human beings.