Today, civil unrest floods the streets of whatever city has committed the ultimate act of oppression, injustice, or violation. The people are chaotic, and they demand to be heard. From the pit of their stomachs the streets ring out in a symphony of cacophony. “Justice!” they cry, “Justice!” they plead, “Justice!” they scream. But just who’s justice are they asking for? Our society has so savagely depicted Justice that her sword now lies limp, her eyes are scolding- blindfold disregarded, and her scales have found an unfavorable neutral in which one is raised far above the other. Being told to have faith in justice if nothing else now means very little when what continues to perplex me is how we’ve managed to so easily mutilate one of our core beliefs.
Most people follow a loose interpretation of the English Oxford Dictionary in which justice is defined as: “the quality of being fair or reasonable”, but what a robotic and ambigious description for a word that guides most American lives. The definition lacks humanity, and the issue with that occurs when most people see justice as the opportunity to seek out retribution, a word that has been mistakenly conjoined with justice to make a domestic monster. Justice is, and has always been …show more content…
Various religions have come up with policies of kharma, an ideal used to encourage followers to participate in fairness for spiritual rewards rather than because they have sound sense of moral responsibility. Kharma states that what is done to others will in turn be done to the assailant, rather than depending on individuals to consider the amount of human suffering they could be inflicting it barters for personal gain. A man might not steal from a store because he doesn’t want to be stolen from, rather than considering the fairness in stealing from people who put time into producing an item which they would be unable to receive compensation
Most people follow a loose interpretation of the English Oxford Dictionary in which justice is defined as: “the quality of being fair or reasonable”, but what a robotic and ambigious description for a word that guides most American lives. The definition lacks humanity, and the issue with that occurs when most people see justice as the opportunity to seek out retribution, a word that has been mistakenly conjoined with justice to make a domestic monster. Justice is, and has always been …show more content…
Various religions have come up with policies of kharma, an ideal used to encourage followers to participate in fairness for spiritual rewards rather than because they have sound sense of moral responsibility. Kharma states that what is done to others will in turn be done to the assailant, rather than depending on individuals to consider the amount of human suffering they could be inflicting it barters for personal gain. A man might not steal from a store because he doesn’t want to be stolen from, rather than considering the fairness in stealing from people who put time into producing an item which they would be unable to receive compensation