Monday, November 15, 2010
Justice
When I think of justice I think of fairness, especially when pertaining to law. If someone commits a bad action they should pay the consequences for it. This can be done by serving jail time or some other type of punishment. This makes the system seem fair because people can't just get away with murder or theft free of consequence. If there were no negative consequences for people's actions then the world would be in complete chaos. With this punishment system, people are kept in line with the law because they don't want to go to jail and suffer for what they did. Therefore the concept of justice is fairness and doing what is right. Another example is gay marriage. Why should the government decide who and who can't love each other and be married under the law. There is supposed to be a separation between church and state. The fact that people can not get married to who they truly love, is in my opinion, very unjust.
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It's not really that there is supposed to be a separation between law and state, there is supposed to be a separation between church and state. But otherwise, I totally agree with you. Without this "justice" system, the world would probably be complete choas. However, do you think the justice system is actually fair? Do you think consequences for some actions are too harsh, or not harsh enough? Why is it that one person can steal and get a couple years in jail, while another person can steal something less valuable and not get jail time? Both people stole something, so why not the same consequence?
ReplyDeleteThere is no such thing as "Separation of law and state," the government does technically have the right to decide who can and can't marry, as it is now a government and finance-based institution. However, they cannot decide who can and can't "love" each other.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the bad actions should result in bad consequences, but in our society, is our society rewarding of good actions? Good point that people should marry whoever they want to marry.
ReplyDeleteAlso, church and state...church and state.
Sorry you guys I was meaning to say separation between church and state. My mind these days lol :p
ReplyDeleteit is now fixed :) Thank U!
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