CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Marcus Luttrell, Trolley Problem, The Purple Heart
5 Apr 2016
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Foundaions of criminology, law & society (coninued) by prof. william thompson. What laws ought we have: uilitarian approach consequences for happiness, human rights approach, focus on virtue. Why do we have the laws we have: social consensus about values (durkheim, inluence of the economic elite (marx, raional ideals (weber) Emile durkheim law is the product of social consensus (shared values) Karl marx law is a tool used by a dominant elite to protect their economic interests. Max weber law is the result of a formal, raional process of deliberaion. Why do people favor some laws over others: a quesion addressed by psychologists like jonathan haidt (see ted video, examines how liberal and conservaives focus on values. Used to: illustrate the nature of moral arguments, idenify conlicts between theory and moral percepions (which can simulate insights and analysis) Prohibits increasing the price of goods and services more than 10% ater the governor declares a state of emergency.
