Briefly explicate and clarify the problem raised in the question. Second, state your thesis in bold. As stated in the essay instructions, a “thesis is a single , specific, informed and meaningful insight that responds to the essay question” or problem.
The texts we read by Beccaria and Kant aimed to bring into question the assumptions that tied the legal and moral order closely to the prestige of sovereign rulers and the Church. Beccaria and Kant promoted instead a doctrine of enlightened republicanism according to which the law is thought to apply to all and protect […]