Cassidy MaxReflectionThis semester, we overall focused on how criminalization and philosophy go hand in hand in a lot, if not most, different topics…Apr 28, 2022Apr 28, 2022
Cassidy Max“Trying, Acting, and Attempted Crimes”Yaffe looks at how the law does not criminalize attempts of a crime but does when it is completed. This does make sense logically, but it…Mar 31, 2022Mar 31, 2022
Cassidy Max“The Unfairness of Risk-Based Possession Offenses”Ashworth examines how possession offenses work in a modern law system. He disagrees with parts of the laws and proposes alternate ways of…Mar 24, 2022Mar 24, 2022
Cassidy Max“Criminalizing Failure to Rescue”In his paper, von Hirsch examines how interests and motivations factor into how we live in a society together. They way that norms and laws…Mar 17, 2022Mar 17, 2022
Cassidy Max“Beyond the Harm Principle”Ripstein’s comeback to the harm principle, the sovereignty principle, poses a solid alternative. He states that according to the…Feb 17, 2022Feb 17, 2022
Cassidy Max“Towards a modest legal moralism”I find looking at how moral something may or may not be as one of the most interesting parts of philosophy. Most decisions have a moral…Feb 10, 2022Feb 10, 2022
Cassidy Max“Paternalism”I really liked how Dworkin gave his ideas about paternalism in this excerpt. This is a concept that I was not necessarily aware of. I…Feb 3, 2022Feb 3, 2022
Cassidy Max“Offensive Nuisances’The offense principle is quite different from the harm principle when really thinking about it. The harm principle deals with punishments…Jan 27, 2022Jan 27, 2022
Cassidy Max“On Liberty”One section that I found interesting of Mill’s On Liberty was when he was describing the details of the harm principle. According to Mill…Jan 19, 2022Jan 19, 2022