CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham, Japan Standard Time
17 Jan 2018
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The moral thing to do depends on the consequences that will result from the action (better to kill one to let five survive) utilitarianism v. s. The moral thing to do is based on certain duties and rights as required by society, no matter what the consequences (killing is intrinsically wrong) Relationship between morality and the law (political philosophy questions) Why and how do laws change over time? (who makes rules and has the authority to make rules?) What explains the variation in frequency and types of crimes? (who breaks the rules and why) Origins of law: why we have the laws we have. Social theory (sociologists, economists think about, social theory) Psychological (what causes people to choose and obey laws, what do people think about law, do they trust it and willing to obey?) Social theory: 3 scholars asked what social forces led society to adopt laws.
