SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Parking Violation, Self-Control, Eugenics
6 Apr 2016
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Move from mythology and religious explanation to science and rational thought. Therefor can calculate the risk of a behaviour. Therefor if you choose a behaviour you must also choose the consequence. As a society we have entered into a social contract of giving up certain hedonisms and pleasures in order to maintain social order. Should only be used in order to transform our hedonist calculators. Trying to get people to behave in better ways. Greatest good for the greatest number of people. Bentham one of the first to suggest prison as a form of punishment. Shouldn"t be able to profit from any crime. Cannot inherent money from someone you kill: seriousness. The serious punishments should be reserved for more serious offences: discouragement. Should have punishment for small crimes as well: value, consistency. He says you can identify characteristics of how people react to this calculator of punishment.
