PHI2EPP Essay Questions On Ethics: Private And Public

Question

2. Kant suggests we should always treat others as ends in themselves and never as means to our own ends. However, using others and being used by others may seem appropriate in some contexts, for example, in some professional relationships.  Which approach to guiding our actions in professional contexts is more defensible? (Discuss one or two approaches from virtue ethics, the ethics of care, utilitarianism or duty-based theory).