An action that destroys the rational autonomy of the believer cannot be morally permissible, even under extreme consequentialist pressure, because persons are not mere vessels for useful mental states.

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Consequentialist pressure(as used in ethics): The argument that you should do something because it will produce good results, even if the action seems wrong for other reasons.
Persons are not mere vessels for useful mental states(as used in ethics): People are not just containers to be filled with whatever thoughts or beliefs are useful; they have dignity and value as independent thinkers.
Rational autonomy(as what Kant believed was undermined by causal necessity): The freedom to govern yourself through your own reasoning and decisions, rather than being controlled by forces outside your conscious control.
consequentialism(Applied to terrorism and legal punishment): The view that practices are judged solely by their consequences, such that a practice is wrong only if it has bad consequences on balance.

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