SOC212H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Jeremy Bentham, Staple Food, Antichrist
15 Apr 2015
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Chapter 4 classical theories of deviance and their influence on modern jurisprudence. Powerful new ideas about re of man and of reality and about the effect on jurisprudence the law of the principles that govern court decisions. Rational calculation in an imperfect world: the enlightenment, 1680 -1800. The enlightenment was characterized by a new, strictly empirical view of the world. The deviance was a rational person who made self-serving choices. Interest in deviance turned from the outrages of heresy and witchcraft to the disruptions of crime. The five central tenets of the classical view were as follows: 1. They choose whether to commit offences or conform to rules when solving their problems and meeting their needs: 3. Society represents a form of social contract whereby each individual gives up some of his or her right to hedonistic pleasure to partake of the greater good provided by social order: 4.
