CRIM 2650 Lecture Notes - Cruel Passion, Immanuel Kant, Judicial Discretion
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Cesare beccaria"s on crimes and punishments: the enlightenment as context, social contract theory, utilitarianism, deterrence and prevention. *relationship between crime rates and death penalty is a scientific method because its been tested many times. To separate good people from bad people: context: the enlightenment (critical approach) Post-enlightenment society this uses the principal of human reason to the cjs. We inherit the same values and knowledge of the enlightenment society. That is why scholars say we are living in post-enlightenment. The enlighten is an elite intellectual and cultural movement during 18th century europe, and as a movement they wanted to mobilize the power of reason in order to reform practices in society and to advance knowledge. Interested in spreading: democracy, liberty, and of knowledge. There were bloody wars in 17th century and in 18th it stopped, so ppl had time to create art and culture. This peace lead to prosperity, and then came optimism.
