Beccaria

Ken Binmore ()

Chapter Chapter 6 in Early Utilitarians, 2021, pp 29-31 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Beccaria's widely read Crimes and Punishments of 1764 was the first serious attempt to propose a full-scale reform of the criminal justice system. It cries out against the brutality of the system in place all over Europe in his time|secret accusations,arbitrary verdicts, confessions obtained under torture, children hung for minor of-fences, compassion only for the rich and well-connected. Beccaria argues that a rational analysis should reject the eye-for-an-eye principle. Punishments should be set at the minimal level necessary to deter deviations from whatever social contract is in place.

Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-74583-7_6

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