Which concept from the Classical School provides the rationale for holding people '100 percent responsible for their actions'?

Correct answer: Free will and rational choice

Explanation

This question links the philosophical assumptions of the Classical School to the practical consequence of assigning full responsibility to offenders.

Other questions

Question 1

During which intellectual movement did citizens and social thinkers, including those of the Classical School, begin to question how they were ruled?

Question 2

In what year was Thomas Hobbes' influential work, 'Leviathan', published?

Question 3

Which of the following is NOT one of the assumptions Thomas Hobbes made about human beings in 'Leviathan'?

Question 4

According to Hobbes, why would people create authority figures and agree to follow rules?

Question 5

What is the concept that people will invest in the laws of their society on the condition that the government protects them from law-breakers?

Question 6

What is the term for the assumption that people will seek to maximize pleasure and avoid pain?

Question 7

According to the Classical School, why can offenders be held 100 percent responsible for their actions?

Question 8

Who was the Italian mathematician and economist that wrote 'An Essay on Crimes and Punishment'?

Question 9

What was the primary goal of Cesare Beccaria in writing his essay?

Question 10

According to Cesare Beccaria's proposals for legal reform, who should be responsible for determining laws?

Question 11

What did Beccaria advocate regarding the relationship between punishment and a crime?

Question 12

What did Beccaria claim was the sole purpose of the law?

Question 13

Which of the following is NOT one of the three elements Beccaria claimed were necessary for punishment to achieve deterrence?

Question 14

Which English philosopher, regarded as a founder of utilitarianism, helped popularize classical theory throughout Europe?

Question 15

What is the core belief of utilitarianism as described in the chapter?

Question 16

According to Jeremy Bentham, what should be the utility of punishment?

Question 17

What is the foundational assumption of the American criminal justice system, according to the Classical School principles described in the text?

Question 18

Which institution banned Cesare Beccaria's 'An Essay on Crimes and Punishment' due to its radical ideas?

Question 19

Classical School thinkers believed that people would give up a little of their self-interests as long as what condition was met?

Question 20

Who did Beccaria believe should be responsible for determining the guilt of an accused person?

Question 21

Hobbes' belief that people have natural rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness was foundational to which school of thought?

Question 22

What does the text imply about the power of judges at the time Cesare Beccaria wrote his essay?

Question 23

How did Jeremy Bentham believe punishment would promote happiness throughout society?

Question 24

The assumption of free will is a cornerstone of the Classical School. What does this assumption imply?

Question 25

What was Cesare Beccaria's profession before he became a famous criminological thinker?

Question 26

What did Hobbes propose as the type of government that should rule citizens?

Question 27

The idea that every person should be treated equally under the law was a radical proposal by which Classical School thinker?

Question 28

How did Beccaria's 'An Essay on Crimes and Punishment' challenge the power structures of his time?

Question 30

In what way were Beccaria's ideas on punishment, such as certainty and swiftness, viewed at the time of their publication?

Question 31

According to Bentham, what was most predictive for deterrence?

Question 32

How does the text contrast the government Hobbes wanted with the existing systems?

Question 33

The principle that humans are rational beings, as assumed by the Classical School, means they have the ability to do what?

Question 34

Why did Beccaria write 'An Essay on Crimes and Punishment' anonymously?

Question 35

Which of the following best summarizes the social contract as described in the chapter?

Question 36

Which Classical thinker is most closely associated with the philosophy of utilitarianism?

Question 37

The ideas of the Classical School have been the basis for which country's criminal justice system since its inception?

Question 38

What does the concept of hedonism suggest about human motivation in relation to crime?

Question 39

Which thinker was primarily shocked by the unfair treatment of the accused, which motivated his work?

Question 40

The Classical School's emphasis on rationality and free will stands in contrast to which other school of thought that focuses on determinism?

Question 41

In what century did Cesare Beccaria write 'An Essay on Crimes and Punishment'?

Question 42

What is the relationship between Hobbes's work and the Classical School?

Question 43

The statement 'the criminal justice system has maintained the assumption that crime is a choice' implies that Classical School ideas have had what kind of impact?

Question 44

What do the three elements of deterrence proposed by Beccaria (certainty, swiftness, and severity) aim to influence?

Question 45

The Classical School's focus on concepts like free will, rationality, and social contracts emerged from which broader historical period?

Question 46

According to the text, have the foundational philosophies of punishment in the American justice system changed significantly since the adoption of Classical ideas?

Question 47

Which two concepts are paired together in the Classical School's view of human action?

Question 48

What was the nationality of Cesare Beccaria?

Question 49

The idea that punishment should fit the crime is a principle known as what?

Question 50

Which thinker is credited with popularizing Classical Theory throughout Europe?