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Keywords:: child education; modern education; educational end; ethics of education

Abstract:: According to Kant, human beings may never be used as means to an end. If his proposition is correct, we can infer that the notion of children as the end of education is correct too, which negates the old one of children as the tool of education. Education taking children as the end shows respect for their lives and worlds, as well as their interests and needs, thus promoting the development of children based on their nature. It aims for the self-cultivation and self-improvement of children, rather than educate them in a fixed way. Taking children as the end is a remarkable feature of modern education, and an important dimension for investigating modern education. Only in a society with real democracy or a desire for democracy can such education take root.