Equality is the principle that must be used in selecting a punishment. Kant uses a metaphor. He refers to the principle of equality as the one by which the pointer of the scale of justice is made to incline no more to one side than to the other.
Kant does NOT believe in the death penalty because he believes in respecting humanity at all costs. He would view it as inhumane to end a life as a result of that life's mistakes.
I agree with Kant! Although i do believe very severe crimes deserve a severe punishment the death penalty may be extreme in most cases!
ReplyDelete^^^ Agreed!
ReplyDeleteWow that’s a really great explanation of Kant's beliefs. I would find myself agreeing with Kant in terms of his thoughts on the death penalty. Similar to the great philosopher I think that there are reasons behind many crimes that people commit and for that reason the death penalty cannot be applied. For this reason you cannot simply decide that because a person chose to kill they should be killed because there are other factors one must consider. The human life is precious!!!!
ReplyDeleteI would definitely have to disagree with this post as well as the prior comments. No matter what reasons or factors may have led to the crime being committed the end result is still the same -- a violent crime was committed and someone must be held responsible and receive a proper punishment.
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