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Old 2008-04-19, 13:46   Link #9
Reckoner
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Justice is perhaps one of the most overused terms used in justifying actions by people. It also perhaps usually the stupidest term to ever be used as a justification. The longevity of this myth of what is correct or not in life is quite appalling. Justice can be interpreted as righting these wrong actions, but this delves into other things.

What is the definition of right?

1. Morally good, justified, acceptable.

Definition of moral?

1. Concerned with the principles of right or wrong behavior, the goodness and badness of human character

Definition of good?

1. That which is morally right

So wait, I think we just hit a loop in the definitions. So how do we determine what is right? If we can't determine that we cannot use justice as our justification! Being right, is of course, relative. Take terrorists for example, they truly think they're right. It's justice to fly a plane and kill thousands of people in a building.

Usually there are some rights that can be universally considered to be right, but right to some in certain areas is not right to others.

For example, I personally see nothing wrong with nudity in movies or even in real life, other conservative people may consider it to be morally wrong. This is where justice is going to start getting skewed. Is it right to kill criminals who killed others? Is it right to keep people who did such crimes in jail for the rest of their lives? What really is morally correct?

The topic of justice can best be surmised as one of emotional weight, those who seek justice are those who feel emotionally attached to the issue. When something is determined by pure emotions, it is already worthless. We only keep people in jail so that society is safer, to attribute this to justice is foolhardy.
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