What is Justice?

Answer 1

Justice is perhaps the ultimate of all personal virtues. It is therefore above all other value that a human society safeguards for its own wellbeing and survival. A state of perfect justice is a state of mind, things or affairs where everything is at its rightful place – where every emotion, idea, thing or belonging is where it should be. A perfect state of justice is a state of perfect order and harmony where good things are only used for good. For example, to have charitable intentions or thoughts when a charitable ability has been acquired by unjust means is a misplacement of a good thought, or a virtue – the concept of charity in itself is not unjust but due to its wrong association with its opposite it is unjustly placed. In such case restoration of a justice, both in practice and in the mind of such practitioner, will only be achieved when the unjust part of the practice is forsaken and all gains out it have been surrendered - not charitably but voluntarily - as a duty to fulfil the basic just conditions for a charitable act.

Some people argue that it is not possible to witness, and that the concept of absolute justice is beyond the grasp of human mind, far from it. We intuitively have inkling for what is just and what is unjust. We commonly know what is good and what is bad within a certain social context. We observe our values very devotedly. We also have if not individually then collectively a subtle sense of just state of things around us - we know when something is not right or is unjustly placed.

Religions claim to present a concept of perfect or universal justice alongside implementation guidelines. The concept of justice is also formulised by secular states in the world. It is true that both the conceptual and implementation aspects of justice have always been controversial.

Then there is a concept of natural justice. According to this principle things and affairs have a natural tendency to restore themselves to a state of balance and harmony. The examples for this include earth's ecosystems, and healing of our body in case of illness or injury.

The most important form of Justice is perhaps what we find within ourselves. We do justice to ourselves and to those who we come in contact with. Our conscious is integrated within the vast expanse of human mind due to it just orientation. We cannot function properly if something is there that we feel or think is not right. We do not, or cannot, rest until the justice is restored. The root cause of scarcity of justice in our personal lives and in our societies, in present times and throughout human history, is due to a lack of knowledge, understanding and awareness.

If for example you see a vase placed on staircase you will immediately know where it belongs and you will without hesitation put it back on the shelf for example. But things are not as simple as this when it comes to dealing with the construct of human mind or public affairs. You see, we know very little about ourselves. We often define ourselves in terms of our material needs and try to deal with issues resulting from this in form of our accesses and greed along side many other things. Whereas a human society where people are better aware of themselves more is likely to be a society closer of an ideal state of social and individual justice. I would not elaborate further. In simple word to know, understand and appreciate justice we perhaps need to know more about ourselves – what for example our true needs are. We need to do justice to our perception of ourselves first only then we will be able to do justice in this world.

Answer 2

Thats going to vary with everyone you ask. And the times. Burning someone 'cause you think they're a witch? That was justice. Cutting off their hand for stealing? Ditto. Death by hanging for stealing a loaf of bread to murdering someone? Ya, those are about the same...The question should be, what is justice to you...

Answer 3

Justice SHOULD be a prescribed set of legal codes or rules that apply equally to all regardless of social standing or background or ethnic background or religious and/or political convictions that ensure that everyone is treated fairly, equally and humanely, and where truth is the prevailing factor; it should also include the same rules of punishment. Unfortunately, the rich and powerful, such as politicians and religious leaders and CEOs of huge conglomerates, enjoy a different form of "justice" when they can steal huge amounts of money (or things of great value) and receive far more lenient sentences when compared to the poor who steal things of less value and are punished more severely. Poor citizens that steal get sent to prisons where life is very dangerous, treatment is severe and one's dignity is taken away... while the rich get sent to minimum security sites comparable to health retreats.. better food, respectful treatment, workout equipment, etc. Justice, at present, varies according to one's "station" in life and one's ethnic/religious background at present.

Too often, those in power, the very rich and powerful, have allies in the judicial system that ensures different, more lenient, punishments or oversights apply to them (Ex-Prez Tricky Dicky, ex-VP Agnew, VP Dick Cheney... just a few off the top of my head).

Answer 4

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This article is about the concept of justice. For other senses of the word, see justice (disambiguation).

J.L. Urban, statue of Lady Justice at court building in Olomouc, Czech Republic (1896-1901)Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons. This ideal has never been realised – the world is filled with injustice; and it is overwhelmingly important – most people think that injustice must be resisted and punished, and many social and political movements worldwide fight for justice. It is not clear, however, what justice and the reality of injustice demand of us. We are in the difficult position of thinking that justice is vital, but of not being certain how to distinguish justice from injustice in our characters, institutions or actions, or in the world as a whole.

This problem of uncertainty about fundamentals has inspired philosophical reflection about justice, as about other topics. What exactly justice is, and what it demands of us, are among the oldest and most contested of questions. For example, the proper distribution of wealth in society - should it be equal? meritocratic? according to status? - has been fiercely debated for at least the last 2,500 years.[1] Philosophers, political theorists, theologians, legal scholars and other thinkers have attempted to clarify the source, nature and demands of justice, with widely various results.

We may regard justice as a virtue - as a property of persons, and only derivatively of their actions and the institutions they create; or we may regard justice as a property of actions or institutions, and only derivatively of the persons who bring them about. The source of justice may be thought to be harmony, divine command, natural law, or human creation, or it may be thought to be based on some more fundamental ethical standard, and less important than we had supposed. The demands of justice are pressing in two areas, distribution and retribution. Distributive justice may require equality, giving people what they deserve, maximising benefit to the worst off, protecting whatever comes about in the right way, or maximising total welfare. Retributive justice may require backward-looking retaliation, or forward-looking use of punishment for the sake of its consequences. Ideals of justice must be put into practice by institutions, which raise their own questions of legitimacy, procedure, codification and interpretation.

Answer 5

justice is finding out the truth

Answer 6

Justice is when someone does something bad and I ninja-kick them in the face.

Answer 7

justice is when I give you 3 dollars, you give me back 10 dollars because i am the sweetest girl in the world.

Answer 8

a human construct whch helps you rationalise the savageness of both sides of conflict

Answer 9

A silly dream of revenge?

Answer 10

A replication of one suffering and anguish