Immanuel Kant Animal Quotations

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Animals... are there merely as a means to an end. That end is man.

Nature has willed that man should, by himself, produce everything that goes beyond the mechanical ordering of his animal existence, and that he should partake of no other happiness or perfection than that which he himself, independently of instinct, has created by his own reason.

cruelty to animals is contrary to man's duty to himself, because it deadens in him the feeling of sympathy for their sufferings, and thus a natural tendency that is very useful to morality in relation to other human beings is weakened.

The more we come in contact with animals and observe their behaviour, the more we love them, for we see how great is their care of the young.

We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.