The way Georgetown students conduct sexual activity on campus is incompatible with self-respect and respect for others. According to Emmanuel Kant, self-respect means not allowing ourselves to be treated as objects used to satisfy the ends of others. Kant believes that we must take seriously the development of our talents and capacities. Respecting others means not treating others as mere means to our own ends. To respect others is to recognize people as rational beings that have things that are important to them. At Georgetown, many students engage in sexual relationships that have "no strings attached," meaning that there are no emotional ties. It is very common for students to form relationships of "friends with benefits" where people are free to engage in sexual activity with each other and whomever else they please. Sexual activity on campus does not coincide with these theories of respect because casual sex does not entail feelings of love ad compassion. Partners view......
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