...has been committed, it is not simply permissible to punish, but the state is required to do so: Even if a civil society resolved to dissolve itself with...murderer lying in prison ought to be executed before the resolution was carried out. This ought to be done in order that every one may realize the desert...

...would no longer have any value in the world. . . . Whoever has committed murder must die. . . . Even if a Civil Society resolved to dissolve itself with...throughout the whole world — the last Murderer lying in the prison ought to be executed before the resolution was carried out. This ought to be done in order...

...mistreatment that could make the humanity in the person suffering it into something abominable. Even if a civil society resolved to dissolve itself with...murderer lying in prison ought to be executed before the resolution was carried out. This ought to be done in order that every one may realize the desert...

...from The Metaphysics of Morals: 'Even if a civil society were to dissolve itself by common agreement of all its members — as might be supposed in the...themselves throughout the whole world — the last murderer remaining in prison must first be executed, so that everyone will duly receive what his actions are...

...all maltreatment that would make the humanity suffering in his Person loathsome or abominable. Even if a Civil Society resolved to dissolve itself with...throughout the whole world — the last Murderer lying in the prison ought to be executed before the resolution was carried out. This ought to be done in order...

...what he says about punishing a murderer, even in the case where a society is coming to an end: Even if a civil society resolved to dissolve itself with...inhabiting an island resolving to separate and scatter throughout the whole world — the last murderer lying in prison ought to be executed before the resolution...

...theory was given by Immanuel Kant in the eighteenth century, who stated in his Philosophy of Law, 'Even if a Civil Society resolved to dissolve itself with...island resolving to separate and scatter themselves through the whole world — the last Murderer lying in the prison ought to be executed before the resolution...

...quoted Immanuel Kant in what may be his own view regarding retribution and the death penalty: "Even if a civil society resolved to dissolve itself with the consent of all its members the last Murderer lying in the prison ought to be executed before the resolution was carried out. This...

...to his or her desserts and not for any other means, giving the well-known example in justification of a people inhabiting an island resolving to separate and scatter themselves through the world: "The least Murderer lying in the prisons ought to be executed before the resolution...