CRI300H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Civic Engagement

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Lecture 10: equality ii: punishment in unequal societies. 20 november, 2018 theme: criminal justice in unequal societies. Mlk"s letter, arguing in defence of the right to civil disobedience on democratic grounds. Shelby"s argument on duties of justice that justify breaking the law and a duty of self-respect that would permit someone to break the law, even if doing so is unlikely to lead to any positive change. Shelby distinguishes b/w natural obligations and civic obligations. Hobbes says that you have to have a centralized authority to punish in order to secure basic social order. Locke says it is because we consented and signed on to the social contract; we gave up our natural right to punish wrongdoers and gave it to the sovereign. Smith and durkheim suggest that punishment expresses social solidarity, moral sentiments. Kant says it"s about individual rights; punishment is legitimate because it is required to maintain a system of equal liberty under a system of universal law.

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