What Constitutes Equality in a Context of Punishment? Deciphering the Hidden Calculus in Kant

• In Event: The Canon and Its Problems

Brief Overview

What does equality look like in a context of punishment? I evaluate the contribution of equality to retributive justice using Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals. I show that Kant's moral calculus trades just punishment for an exacting equation of equality

Author

• Shirley Le Penne, Cornell University