"There is no justice when laws are absolute." -- Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek, TNG
2007-09-02 01:33:50 · 5 answers · asked by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Quotations
Laws are too final. It's like the last word for anyting. So, when any issue or doing is looked at from the lawful point of view, it would turn out to be either black or white. Period! We have to remember that in practical life, there are shades of grey too.
2007-09-02 01:54:42 · answer #1 · answered by bavanes_5038 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When a laws cannot be left open to interpretation then they cannot serve justice. Justice implies a resolution of a particular society's ideals of right and wrong. To interpret every law the same in every situation cannot possibly achieve this outcome in every case. The law becomes law for the sake of law and not to serve the society.
2007-09-02 14:18:40 · answer #2 · answered by Jennifer B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The way I interpret that would be that when laws are absolute the answers are black and white. Justice is the act of finding the correct answer in the grey areas.
2007-09-02 08:45:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you don't look at the grey areas in a given situation that may account for something important, then that is an injustice. Nothing is black and white.
2007-09-02 08:43:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
meaning a lot of cases are circumstantial, whoever makes the laws can't anticipate everything that'll happen in a situation.
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2007-09-02 19:26:44 · answer #5 · answered by furrykunai 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋