A colleague of yours frequently takes for his own personal use small amounts of office supplies, noting that the loss to the company is minimal. You counter that if everyone were to take the office supplies, the loss would no longer be minimal. Your rationale expresses which historical ethical principle?
A) Kant's Categorical Imperative
B) the Golden Rule
C) the Risk Aversion Principle
D) the "No free lunch" rule

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This rationale expresses Kant's Categorical Imperative, which states that actions should be based on universal principles that can be applied to all individuals in all situations. If everyone were to take office supplies for personal use, it would result in a breakdown of trust and a lack of respect for property rights, which violates the principle of treating individuals as ends in themselves rather than as means to an end.

A Colleague of Yours Frequently Takes for His Own Personal