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Comment on: Re: What is justice?

Bigthink — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 07:17:31 +0100

Justice is when something that was wrong has been made right.Someone takes a life then there life should be taken.Someone steals something they should be made to pay for it,one way or the other.

Comment on: Re: What is justice?

Bigthink — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:11:05 +0100

Justice is an appreciation and recognition of individual human rights. Justice is a right to expect everyone to respect your rights; it is a right to demand everyone to respect your rights; it is a rule for everyone to respect each other%u2019s rights. However, in today%u2019s societies, whether or not it is in the U.S.A. or in any other country, justice is incomplete. If it were, there would not be Human Rights Watch and human rights violations. In other words, we would not be fighting for human rights.

Human rights violations appear when people get out of social control. It happens at work when superiors devalue inferior%u2019s position in the office; it happens in social settings where people interact with each other and those with higher status depreciate other%u2019s roles; and many other cases where people just forget about ideology on equal human rights.

Especially in countries where people strive to survive in severe socio-economic conditions, hierarchy rules. People who have less money are more likely to be vulnerable to injustice compared to those who possess more economic resources. In countries where women%u2019s role is perceived to be lower compared to men%u2019s, women suffer domestic violence, gender based discriminations and other activities that cause human rights violations. In these countries, people just don%u2019t care about women%u2019s human rights because they think that this is what they deserve and it is not what justice is about. Justice is about social prosperity that reflects understanding and recognizing each person%u2019s right to live happy and lifestyle s/he wants.

Comment on: Re: What is justice?

Bigthink — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:29:18 +0100

Unfortunately the concept of justice in the world is linked to the concept of inequality - we live in a world where "lawful" does not necessarily equal right or good, and white collar crime is viewed radically differently to other offenses. How can we sort out "justice" on a holistic world wide level when everyday justice is defined by the agendas of those leading their groups of people. Even if this concept of worldwide "justice" existed, could our world sustain it given our dwindling resources?
"Justice" for all? Look at Sudan vs Afghanistan, Iraq vs Somalia. "Justice" is forced upon us, and then explained to us.

Comment on: Re: What is justice?

Bigthink — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 03:12:56 +0100

The waters of justice are murky enough without pulling a different issue into it. I feel he has missed the point (to an extent), as his argument that respect for human rights is not far off from justice merely states how justice can be applied, not what is actually is, which *is* the topic if I'm not mistaken.

Comment on: Re: What is justice?

Bigthink — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 18:03:51 +0100

REducing the concept of justice to a disucssion of rights alone ignores the factg that justice is most difficult when the subject is competing rights, and individual rights vs. societal rights. It ignores the need for agreement on just outcomes from among competing ideas about the nature of life, man, and the community.

Comment on: Re: What is justice?

Bigthink — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 11:54:05 +0100

So where do rights come from? I think turning justice into a discussion of rights evades the issue, which is why we disagree about what is just or about which rights are important.