CRM 1301 Study Guide - Cesare Beccaria, Jeremy Bentham, Religious Education
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Intelligence and rationality are fundamental human characteristics (cid:224) to understand why people do what they do, you must tap into their rationality: everybody has free will (you can determine your own future, key to progress is intelligent behavior, crime is a product of free will (cid:224) have the choice of acting accordingly to law and weighing of pros and cons determines if you will commit crime (cid:224) costs lesser than advantage (must make costs greater than advantage) rational calculus. Cesare becarria: concerned about power that the state has (cid:224) what they can and cannot do to people (cid:224) abuse of power (state of war, social contract: both society and individual have certain obligations (give up power/liberty in our good so that gov"t can act out in our good, divine justice (natural laws): immutable = constant, political justice: civil law that is not immutable or eternal, variable condition of society, changes according to society.
