CC290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Contract, Age Of Enlightenment, Most Evil
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Set of beliefs that are a reaction to another set. Demonstrate a shift in belief about: the nature of human beings (the criminal, what the cause of crime is, effective punishment what makes sense to us. Demonic perspective, people"s reaction to crime lasted a long time: developed with capitalism, dominated how we treated crime. Very cruel punishment: different ways to causing death, scared europeans to change, universal power/ relationships with others and the environment. Revolutionary concept: fundament human rights, social contract, natural law, equality under the law: enlightenment thinks, we all share the same things about the world, such as longitude, and gravity are things that we discovered about the world. Oppressive of human feelings described his schooling. Valued friends and family: formed an intellectual society of how the law is supposed to help us to function. What authority the larger powers have over us how they support us. Free-will: pleasure principle, people making their own choices for personal gratification.
