Please define justice?

Answer 1

Justice is the ideal, morally correct state of things and persons. According to most of the many theories of justice, it is overwhelmingly important: John Rawls, for instance, claims that "Justice is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is of systems of thought." But, according to many theories, justice has not been achieved: "We do not live in a just world." Most people believe that injustice must be resisted and punished, and many social and political movements fight for justice worldwide. But the number and variety of theories of justice suggest that it is not clear what justice and the reality of injustice demand of us, because it is not clear what justice is. 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.Philosophers, political theorists, theologians, legal scholars and others have attempted to clarify the source, nature and demands of justice, with widely various results.

We may regard justice as a virtue — 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.

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Answer 2

COMMENTARY: *** it-2 p. 140 Justice *** The maintenance or administration of what is right in a fair and impartial way and according to a standard. The Hebrew word mish‧pat′, often translated “justice” or “judgment” (NW, RS), may also convey the idea of a particular plan (Ex 26:30), custom (Ge 40:13), rule (2Ch 4:20), or regular procedure (Le 5:10) for doing things. The two Hebrew words most frequently translated “justice” in the King James Version (tse′dheq and tsedha‧qah′) are usually rendered “righteousness” in the New World Translation. (Ge 18:19; Job 8:3) Whereas justice has legal associations, basically there is no distinction between justice and righteousness.—Compare Am 5:24.

Answer 3

There is justice in the abstract, and justice as in law enforcement.
Justice in the abstract means that people get treated equally by their government, the police, and all in authority. It means they have an equal opportunity to get rewarded, and if found guilty of a crime or law infraction, that they receive a sentence or fine that people in the community of all ethnicities and other differences perceive as fair.
The justice system, law emforcement, is a system that has evolved over time which had some success and some failures in realizing the ideals of abstract justice. It's main reason is to keep society functioning, to preserve civic order, and serve the public when possible. It is quite imperfect, and innocent people do get convicted, chiefly because of administrative pressure to "clear cases," so that the public believes that crime will lead to punishment,
and because of the prejudices and corruption of some of the people involved in it.

Answer 4

It is the moral dimension. Justice is a fundamental principle of the existence and the coexistence of men, of communities, of societies, and of nations.

And here is the dictionary explanation of justice also along with its link


"·tice (jsts) KEY

NOUN:

The quality of being just; fairness.

The principle of moral rightness; equity.
Conformity to moral rightness in action or attitude; righteousness.

The upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law.
Law The administration and procedure of law.
Conformity to truth, fact, or sound reason: The overcharged customer was angry, and with justice.
Abbr. J. Law
A judge.
A justice of the peace.

IDIOM:
do justice to
To treat adequately, fairly, or with full appreciation: The subject is so complex that I cannot do justice to it in a brief survey.
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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Old French, from Latin istitia, from istus, just ; see just 1

Answer 5

Main Entry: jus·tice
Pronunciation: 'j&s-t&s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French justise, from Latin justitia, from justus
1 a : the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b : JUDGE c : the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity
2 a : the quality of being just, impartial, or fair b (1) : the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2) : conformity to this principle or ideal : RIGHTEOUSNESS c : the quality of conforming to law
3 : conformity to truth, fact, or reason : CORRECTNESS

Answer 6

The law is for everyone but you can only have as much justice as what you can afford.

Answer 7

I was beating the crap out of my elderly father and he kept saying "justice--justice--just a second"

Answer 8

justice is when a person gets what he/she deserves to life and when its pleasing most certainly when someone has done wrong to you it gets back to it

Answer 9

Why? The purpose of the law is not to "do justice" apparently: http://snurl.com/learned

Answer 10

conforming to law based on correctness and righteousness