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According to Michel Foucault, in Discipline and Punish, what is the character of the new moral technologies of the Second Penal Age?Group of answer choicesControl of behavior is achieved primarily through control of the mind.Their purpose is not to punish better, more deeply, or more universally, but to punish less.Through torture, officials make external to the punished the logic of their punishment.All of the above.

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According to Michel Foucault, in Discipline and Punish, what is the character of the new moral technologies of the Second Penal Age?Group of answer choicesControl of behavior is achieved primarily through control of the mind.Their purpose is not to punish better, more deeply, or more universally, but to punish less.Through torture, officials make external to the punished the logic of their punishment.All of the above.

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According to Michel Foucault in Discipline and Punish, the character of the new moral technologies of the Second Penal Age is primarily about control of behavior through control of the mind. The purpose of these technologies is not to punish better, more deeply, or more universally, but to punish less. This is a shift from the previous age where through torture, officials made external to the punished the logic of their punishment. So, the correct answer is "All of the above."

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