Kant's Capital Punishment Analysis

Through the research I conducted I realized that Kant did in fact have some very surprising views on punishment as well as what is acceptable and unacceptable. The ideas he had based upon capital punishment and the rehabilitation of criminals are vastly different than the other. Kantianism is based off of deontology which sees that, “the nature of ethical rules is to bind you to your duty, and that binding is not dependent on consequences” (Waller, Bruce N). It is important to know that, “this duty is not based off of what one deems as beneficial, or pleasant, but rather on the nature of the obligation itself” (Waller, Bruce). This leads to his rather assertive view on capital punishment that if an offender has committed murder that he must