Haimesian Critique of Kantian Ethics: The Rigidity Paradox
Author: Michael Richard Haimes

Attack 1:
Kant demands you only act on rules you could universalize immediately. But reality advances by testing locally first, then scaling. Kant's rigidity forbids experimentation and therefore forbids learning.

Attack 2:
Kant says "never treat people merely as a means." But civilization requires cooperative instrumentality: teacher/student, worker/employer, public/official. Using one another as means with consent and respect is not exploitation — it's how society functions.

Haimesian Resolution:
Morality must be adaptive and empirically validated, not frozen. Law must be alive.