In my view Iran's nuclear program is a means to an end.

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In other words, you are an end and not a means to me unless in fact I'm exploiting you and instrumentalizing you. Right?

换言之，对我来说，你不是手段，而是目的,除非我在剥削你，或把你工具化，是吧？

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Kant says people ought to be an end and not a means for us; we ought to understand them on their terms."

康德说人们应该使我们的终点，而不是途径;,我们应该从他们的角度来理解他们“

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The Obama administration,he added, must make clear that it does not view engagement with Iran as a process without an end, but as a means to identify ends that would benefit both countries.

VOA: standard.2009.04.28