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Consequentialism provides for the respect of rational beings Cummiskey writes

According to Kant, the objective end of moral action is the existence of rational

beings. Respect for rational beings requires that in deciding what to do, one must give appropriate practical
consideration to the unconditional value of rational beings and to the conditional value of happiness. Since agent-centered
constraints require a non-value-based rationale, the
most natural interpretation of the
demand that one give equal respect to all rational beings leads to a
consequentialist normative theory. We have seen that there is no sound Kantian
reason for abandoning this natural consequentialist interpretation. In
particular, a consequentialist interpretation does not require sacrifices that a
Kantian ought to consider unreasonable, and it does not involve doing evil so that good may
come of it. It simply requires an uncompromising commitment to the equal
value and equal claims of all rational beings and a recognition that in the
moral consideration of conduct, one's own subjective concerns do not
have overriding importance.