Kant thought it was cool to kick dogs as long as the dog wasn't important to any human. A gorilla, if it were a fundamentalist Kantian, would have to say "As a Kantian, I do not believe that I, a gorilla, am an end-in-myself, so I guess it's cool if you do neuroscience on me."
Kant thought it was cool to kick dogs as long as the dog wasn't important to any human. A gorilla, if it were a fundamentalist Kantian, would have to say "As a Kantian, I do not believe that I, a gorilla, am an end-in-myself, so I guess it's cool if you do neuroscience on me."