Broad's Typhoid Man thought experiment is intended to show that
A) we should never treat someone merely as a means.
B) it's not possible to treat someone as a means to an end.
C) Kant says that quarantining people would not be a case of treating them merely as means.
D) sometimes treating people merely as a means is unavoidable.

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Broad's Typhoid Man thought experiment illustrates that in some situations, such as public health emergencies, it may be necessary to treat individuals as means to an end (e.g., quarantining a carrier of a contagious disease) to protect the greater good, even if it conflicts with Kantian ethics which generally opposes treating people merely as means.

Broad's Typhoid Man Thought Experiment Is Intended to Show That