PHL105Y5 Lecture 5: Philosophy Tutorial - Jan 13
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Why break the law: people often chose to look the other way if they too are guilty of the same or a similar crime. Crime vs. deviance: minor law breaking such as stealing music, or j-walking all depends on opportunity and risk assessment. If you don"t like it, then you can move. Hobbes and socrates: right vs. wrong, injustice. Law may tell you to do something, but what is tells you to do may go against your personal moral values. So is justice really natural": not according to hobbes, yes, according to socrates. Believes that the best people in the position to make laws and tell others what to do are the philosophers: he believes they know the most about the natural order of the world. Believes we are intellectually and physically equal: this equality however, results in three factors that lead to violence. If you feel the risk is too great you will not commit a crime.
