SOC 3730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Summary Offence, Actus Reus, Crown Attorney
12 Jan 2017
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Democracy (what it means in terms of how the courts are run) In terms of general behavior, not generally crime. Moral assessment of good and bad things (behavior, acts, law, decisions) Socially just (most concerned about this) allocating resources to citizens in a community or society. Social contract (we belong to this tradition, people give up their hedonism in order to have this social order. So we agree to not go around and hit people even though it makes it feel good to make sure we all get along. (ex) State is there in a legitimate manner. Utilitarianism (rejected this) we need to do the greatest good for the greatest number. He rejected this because some persons have to suffer and to him this is not fair. Distributing justice is a equal manner is key here. Institutional practice; required by institutions from the state that they are to treat everyone the same way for the same wrong-doing.
