What Makes a Society Just?

Answer 1

a think when the majority of people within that society strive for justice for all, and i mean all, then you might call that society just,,,, as stated, its often a relative term, in that what is just for some might not be for others, what is just for the whole society might not be for individuals,,,, im not sure any society has ever reached justice, equality and fair treatment for all,,,,, even those terms are difficult, if all are getting equally unjust treatment, then isnt that fair and in a way just?

Answer 2

A society's government is supposed to keep the peace and dliver justice to its people. A Society in-and-of-itself is not just, as the various peoples within society will no doubt serve their own needs before those of others.

Answer 3

Society in general can not be just. Particular associations might, if that's their intention.

Society in general is a collection of uses and customs that ppl do because "its what ppl does".

In regards to an association that tries to be just, justice is something relative, imo. But a general definition of it might be: a group of rules that guarantees the continuity of such association with the lesser quantity of "problems" possible.

Answer 4

If we as individuals render justice to others and care for their well-being, as we would like it done for us.


Many people deceive others to get what they want, thinking it is OK to do that.

But if another person made them believe that they were getting what in fact they weren't, in making a deal on something, just so that that person could gain from himself, they would immediately know that that was wrong.







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Answer 5

in terms of a freely elected gov't....laws that apply the same to every citizen is a just society, when those laws have been created by a majority. the rule of impartial law, and the willingness to apply it in everyday life.

Answer 6

What makes society "just" is not putting one person's value over another person's value. All people are created equal and deserve equal treatment under the law.

This would mean outlawing elective abortions that kill unborn babies just for the convenience and comfort of the mother. That is not simply valuing the LIFE of the mother over the LIFE of the baby, which would be bad enough; this actually values the COMFORT AND HAPPINESS of the mother over the very LIFE of the baby. Warped.

If you want to argue that the unborn baby is not a person, I submit to you that

1) it is alive based on the accepted scientific definition that Living organisms are made up of one or more cells, can grow and develop, reproduce, respond to stimuli, and have a metabolism.

2) since it is a living organism, it must belong to one of any of the thousands of species having been identified to date, which is obviously Homo sapiens (human being).

3) since it is a living human being, to kill it is murder, which is defined as: MURDER - noun - The killing of another human being under conditions specifically covered in law. In the U.S., special statutory definitions include murder committed with malice aforethought, characterized by deliberation or premeditation or occurring during the commission of another serious crime, as robbery or arson (first-degree murder), and murder by intent but without deliberation or premeditation (second-degree murder).