Treating someone as a means is to: a. treat her in a way that respects her autonomy. b. treat her as a way to maximize happiness. c. treat her as a way to help achieve your goals. d. treat her as a way to help you achieve her goals.

c. treat her as a way to help achieve your goals

Explanation:

To treat someone as a means would mean using that person to achieve a set goal. This means that this person isn't the end goal but is also an instrument or means in this case to get to the goal set such as we say a means to an end. In the exact way we want money not for money's sake but for what money can buy we could liken this to being or communicating with someone just because of what we can get from the person

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