SOSC 4370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Olympe De Gouges, Immanuel Kant, Russian Empire
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State of the art in law and society. Both went to the same school, but went in two different directions. It is extremely easy when faces with mass crimes to give into simplifying moralism and cheesy relativism in equal measure. In many ways, as carl schmitt put it, the question underlying a great deal of thought on international law is quite profound. If we take philosopher theodor adorno seriously the answer it pretty plain. Can also be framed as why do people do bad things? . They can be boiled down into two distinct categories. Deterministic theories: those who believe that individuals are ultimately the product of various circumstances (social, economic, natural, physiological) that inclines them towards prejudice and maliciousness. Paradoxically, most legal theories assume this to be true. It is wasn"t, the deterrent justifications for law would fall apart: most legal theorists will argue that if you hold moral values, you cannot have law.