Entries tagged with “Cesare Beccaria”
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Dec 01, 2021
More Than 2,000 Cities Worldwide Light Up Monuments in Global Protest Against Death Penalty
More than 2,000 cities across the world lit up monuments on November 30, 2021 in a global demonstration to raise awareness about the death penalty. The international campaign — called “Cities for Life” — was organized by the Community of Sant’Egidio, a lay Catholic association dedicated to social…
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Apr 19, 2018
Professor John Bessler Traces Italian Philosopher’s Abolitionist Legacy in New Book and Article
In 1764, Italian philosopher Cesare Beccaria wrote the treatise, Dei delitti e delle pene, which author John Bessler (pictured) says spawned global movements for fair and proportional punishment and against practices such as torture and the death penalty. Beccaria’s book was a best-seller that swept across Europe and, translated into English in 1767 as An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, into the American colonies, shaping the beliefs of…