Full Idea
In the system of nature, man is a being of slight importance ....but man regarded as a person, that is as the subject of a morally practical reason, is exalted above any price.
Gist of Idea
Within nature man is unimportant, but as moral person he is above any price
Source
Immanuel Kant (Metaphysics of Morals II:Doctrine of Virtue [1797], 434 I.I)
Book Reference
Kant,Immanuel: 'The Metaphysics of Morals', ed/tr. Gregor,Mary [CUP 1991], p.230
A Reaction
See what you've done, John Locke? You've given yet another ground for claiming that humans are angels or demi-gods, exalted far above our animal cousins.