IT 1751 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Associationism

• School: York University
• Department: Italian
• Course: IT 1751
• Professor: John Picchione

Document Summary

Beccaria and the culture of the enlightenment ( ) Goes beyond law because there are topics of social and human importance which go beyond the idea of crime and punishment ex. concepts of social happiness and civil society. Has a conception of our rights as individuals. Movement : occurs when something (such as a concept or belief) becomes a. Concerned with the philosophical orientation of utilitarianism utilitarianism is an ethical theory which determines right from wrong based on situational outcomes. The human goal is to reach some degree of happiness in other words, we have to do things in such a way that the consequences of our decisions can be good or not so good. The judicial system has to be objective in achieving a equitable society. At the end of 1500s and 1600s, thomas hobbes had provided an extensive analysis on the condition of the human being in relation to society at large.