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Youth Violence

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May 7, 2015

 

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The last problem I have with Kantian Ethics is its relation to society in 21st century. First I'll start with Kant on punishment. Kant says that when a criminal commits an act against another person, we as a law-abiding body, should only punish him proportionately to the crime he/she has committed. But what if the criminal committed an act of rape? Would the proportionate punishment be raping him back? If this is the case then it contradicts his principle that "we must strive to promote their welfare, respect their rights and avoid harming them...
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But what if the criminal committed an act of rape? Would the proportionate punishment be raping him back? If this is the case then it contradicts his principle that "we must strive to promote their welfare, respect their rights and avoid harming them."(132 EMP). How can we avoid harming a criminal when Kant's theory of punishment says that we should punish a person proportionately to the harm he places upon another person? I agree that we should punish the criminal proportionately to the crime committed, but as far as his principle on avoiding harming others, there should be some limits to how far that extends...
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