Cesare Bessay on Crimes and Punishments

     Crimes and punishments book by Cesare Beccaria is one of the treasuries of European culture and is of an undoubtful interest for a modern Russian reader. Not that long ago, we have talked about writing an essay upon a fiction book thus, you do have an image of how to do that. If you do not feel enough confidence, you may always use help online. 

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     Origin of crimes.

     Laws are those conditions in which people live in. They got together into a society. They got tired of constant war and useless freedom because of being unprivileged. They sacrificed a part of their freedom just so they could peacefully and safely enjoy the rest of it. A supreme power was created out of the pieces sacrificed and a sovereign became their legal ruler and protector. It was not enough as long as everyone was eager to get a piece of power along with something material. Those were the crimes.

     A right to punish.

     Any punishment is tyrannical. Or, in other words, any display of one person`s power under another person is tyrannical. This is what a right of a sovereign to punish is based on.

     Proportion between a crime and a punishment.

     It goes without saying that it would be better for the entire society if there were no crimes at all. Which is why the obstacles on the way to a wrongdoing are required to be severe. The worse they are, the better. It will help on the way to a crimeless society. Of course, it is impossible to predict evil to happen. The larger the territory, the harder it gets to prevent crimes. Which is why a strengthening of the punishments is required.

     Purpose of punishment.

     Purpose of punishment lies in not torturing but in preventing a crime from happening. Prevention of wrongdoings and making to where the one, who did a crime, will never do it again is the purpose.

     About torturing.

     Torture is a cruelty, which has become a custom. An accused person is tortured in order to pull the truth out of him, so he/she confessed and bear all the responsibility. Torture is some sort of a punishment already. As if the accused person should prove his/her guilt with broken bones.

     How to prevent crimes.

     It is always better to prevent than to punish. Laws should be clear. All the power of a nation should be focused on their protection, and so none of the power`s parts was directed onto its destruction. Fear of the law is beneficial while one person`s fear of the other`s is destroying. It makes it to where a crime is born.           

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