CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Jeremy Bentham, Masturbation, John Stuart Mill

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Lara Karaian

Document Summary

Small scale society and the origin of law. Smaller societies, lots of individuals shared beliefs and values, activates. Had obligations, right and privileges that they shared. Patterns of behavior that maintain the social cohesion. Wanted to maintain harmony, in order to survive. No need for centralized structure for decision making. Relied on mechanisms to keep peace in order. If there was conflict it was dealt with quickly. They had to control their hostility, greed and envy. There were effective punishments for those who went their own way. No one had things that the other didn"t. Determined by the community members and could be taken away. Mutual independence of the group starts to fall apart. When they stopped moving around and started farming they noticed inequality. Soon after private property becomes one of the ways society started to define itself. Some members could generate more private property, food, than others. People started feeling more entitled with what they grew themselves.