If a decision is made, it must be for the good of all. Kant's view of what Mandela did for his people is that if we can do it, we should do it. Mandela spent years in prison taking no shortcuts: by reducing his sentence, he was working for the greater good of his people. Mandela could have shortened his time and exited early, but because he felt it would not be moral to exit without being able to liberate his people, he stayed to support the people as a whole. Kant would have believed this because Mandela was selfless in his acts and therefore would have agreed with what Mandela