HUMA 1825 Lecture 9: Beccaria Notes

• School: York University
• Department: Humanities
• Course: HUMA 1825
• Professor: Neil Braganza

Document Summary

When we began the course, there was no state, no government, no mediating body, no evidence or proper trials, and no security agains tyranny. Therefore, if you compare the two, you can see the different dynamics of law from ancient to the more modern society. Around this time they were stepping away from the religious ideas and stepping into a more secular society and enlightenment. Beccaria write this 25 year before lessing"s nathan the wise. Thus, the kinds of ethics found in nathan the wise presuppose the kinds of innovation that we find in. 1) authority based on necessity (rational, based on the social contract) Social contract: equality between the people and themselves, the people and the government, and these equalities are rule bound and governed by the law (ensures the liberties for all) He contrasts authority based on necessity with tyranny, which is a violation of the social contract.