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It was mentioned as the first book to articulate the principle of proportionality in punishment, where the punishment should fit the crime. It was said that the speaker had recently acquired a copy.
Well the first book on that was by a guy named Cesarea Beccarea
— Episode: Cosmic Queries – Science and Morality
Episode: Cosmic Queries – Science and Morality
It was mentioned as the first book to articulate the principle of proportionality in punishment, where the punishment should fit the crime. It was said that the speaker had recently acquired a copy.
Well the first book on that was by a guy named Cesarea Beccarea
An Italian Enlightenment philosopher
Who wanted to be the Newton of his field
And his book was on how the punishment Should fit the crime
His essay on crimes and punishments