just how to define it? is it more like bad people get punishment and good people get reward?
2006-10-30 05:56:09 · 5 answers · asked by Deesa 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Black's Law Dictionary defines justice as "the fair and proper administration of laws." So before you can have justice, you must have laws, which are a set of rules that tell us what we can and cannot do, or, in some cases, rules that tell us how we can or cannot do certain things. Under this system, "good" people don't exactly get rewarded; they are simply allowed to keep their freedom and don't face any type of hardship or penalty because they obey the law. When you break the law, you may have to pay a fine, you may have to pay restitution if you harmed someone else, and you may have to go to jail. So if you break the law, you risk losing your money, your property, and maybe even your freedom.
2006-10-30 06:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Excellent question.....Not the reward part though. Justice as per definition is only about the wrong being punished.....there is no reward for the "good" as no matter what the justice is it usually falls short of what the people that had bad stuff happen to would deem as "justice"...far often they want more....and possibly deservedly so. here is the formal definiton and a weeb link for more reading:
2006-10-30 14:02:41 · answer #2 · answered by Tragedy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being good is a reward itself.
And unfortunately, not all the 'bad people' get punished.
2006-10-30 14:02:15 · answer #3 · answered by NEWTOME 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Justice is supposed to be fair treatment for all. It is rarely complete.
2006-10-30 14:08:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think justice is there to serv both bad people and good people so they could live togother .
2006-10-30 14:24:00 · answer #5 · answered by redscorpionhot 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋