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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

If Justice is blind, how does it tell which scales weigh more?

Justice is a concept I've struggled with for a long time. How does one define what justice is? You may say that justice is doing what's right to reprimand a person or correct a situation, but the underlying question is and always will be, what is right? We obviously have a justice system designed to help us decide just that, most notably by having neutral, educated individual oversee the cases (a judge) and in extreme cases or where guaranteed by right, a jury of peers. Still, who can truly say what is right and wrong, when right and wrong are only judgements that individuals make as defined by their own value system, which is influenced by a multitude of subjective factors? The truth is, we all do the best we can, and we have all seen, heard, or been affected by the short comings that come along with that. Most of us can get away with just saying, "Hey, that's life for you."
Not all of us are so lucky. So, I've put together a small spread sheet (linked below) that has a story for you to read and a question for you to consider. I want to try to challenge your idea of Justice, just as this challenged mine. In my opinion, a good question always has you swinging between answers like a pendulum before finally settling on the one that best defines you. Keep that in mind as your think this over.
And please, if you have something to say, jot it down in the Reasoning section. There is no need to put your name if you don't want to. The idea is just to allow others to understand as much as possible, and to use that to help them uncover their own feelings about the subject.


So without further ado, What is Justice?

2 comments:

  1. I like your post and found it interesting but I almost missed that it was your spreadsheet.

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  2. Thanks! I'll go ahead and edit it (if I can figure it out haha) and see if I can't highlight it or make it more visible.

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