CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Asceticism, Body Politic
14 Nov 2018
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De nition: principle seeks to maximize happiness, diminish pain. Guidelines organizing society: asceticism, sympathy ans antipathy, the will of god. Principle of nature are placed under 2 masters. At any moment has binding force of sanction > pain/pleasure is sanctioned is justi ed. Sanction - source of obligation, powers or motivates. Purpose of law - augment higher total happiness. Whos happiness we"re increasing > community/mass not individuals. Crime = disease of body politic (body = community) Punish - never anything better than chance (chance it will work), change you must take. Punishment is to ensure further crime wont happen. General prevention of crime is general purpose of crime. Is about deterrence but there is more, similar but not same. All punishment is evil/mischief all punishment itself is an evil. Upon the principle of utility, if it agent at all to be admitted. Justi cation comes in 2nd order, indirect (apparent) Crime > deterrence > general and speci c.
