CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Law Society

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Prashan Ranasinghe

Document Summary

Thomas hobbes: the state of nature and the basis of society. All written in the leviathan: the form (or means) by which we come to know, state of nature / state of war, commonwealth (government, place of law (importance, crime (v. sin) and punishment. Keywords: natural condition of man, notion of rationality, fear, uncertainty, law and liberties (rights) vs. power: the form by which we come to know. 3 ways we come to know (who we are and what we do): religion, philosophy, science. Christianity - faith holds doctrine of religion *do not question, cant explain (important) At this time science is starting to take over b/c its more rational. His reasoning is very particular like in math, there is a certain way to do things right and also a wrong way, Reasoning is the basis on how we come to know and how we express that. This was written in a time when religion was coming undone.