PHIL 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: None Of The Above, Affluenza, Australian Screen Association
10 Apr 2016
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Sarah lucas free will and the anders breivik trial , selection from. You are excused on the grounds of mental disease of defects if you lack the capacity to know that what you"re doing is wrong. Two kinds of justiications used towards having that rule in your legal system. It seems unjust to punish people who lack the capacity to know what they"re doing is wrong. Greater deterrent efect to still punish those people, even though they may not deserve it. It gives people the opportunity to manipulate that law and attempt to it into that category that will leave them excused. Telling people there are ways to commit crimes without getting punished for it. Emphasises the need for a great amount of proof (background, events, etc. ) What the function of law is, to guide action. If you apply laws to people who can"t be aware of what they are doing being wrong, they can"t be guided.
