# Can Humans Regard Others as Ends in Themselves by Michael McCullough
> “Are humans ever really capable of regarding others as ends in themselves?”
> **— Michael McCullough**, *2018 Edge Annual Question, question*
## Sources and Context
- **Original Edge response:** [The Last Question — Michael McCullough](https://www.edge.org/response-detail/27590) — Michael McCullough's question in the 2018 Annual Question collection, posed rather than asserted as a conclusion. The Edge response page is the publication record for this exact question.
- **Local archival entry:** [[research/Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation|Edge 2018 Full Quotation Curation]] (EDGE2018-145).
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— Michael McCullough, 2018 Edge Annual Question
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