Kantian and Utilitarian Ethics on Capital Punishment

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With all due respect for my SLU colleague for whom no drafts are " rough " , this is a " rough " draft. Much remains to be done to complete the argument of this paper. I will be grateful for all comments, but please do not quote at this stage of development.

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