CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Jonathan Haidt, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Price Gouging

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C10
• Professor: William Thompson

Document Summary

Utilitarian- consequences of law on society (on overall happiness) Focus on virtue- laws that encourage people to live and act a certain way. Psychological standpoint that looks at what it is about an individual. Jonathan haidt ted video- examines how liberal and conservatives focus on values: harm, fairness, loyalty, purity and authority. Methodology- hypothetical moral dilemmas (in text) used to illustrate the nature of moral arguments that people make and identify the conflicts between the theories and moral perceptions (hypotheticals make you question moral intuition or the theories) California price gouging law (1994 after northridge earthquake) that prohibits an increase in the price of goods more than 10% after governor declares a state of emergency. Moral character and military valor (regarding the purple heart)