Justice Essay

In Book I of Plato’s, the Republic, the question is asked of what justice truly is. After Socrates has a long discussion, poking holes in the argument that justice is giving a man what he is owed, Thrasymachus bursts forward and offers a definition of justice that is contradictory in itself. Whereas I often presume justice to be what is equal and good, Thrasymachus argues that injustice is actually a virtue and justice, a vice, as injustice seems to benefit the doer as long as he or she goes…

We all have similar and contrasting views on justice, what it is, when it is needed on our side, and how it can be achieved. These views, however, may conflict with each other. Some of us may accept certain circumstances as a part of our daily life, such as the female, while others may argue against them and raise their pitchforks and torches blazing brightly comparable to their righteousness. In the latter scenario, to what extent should we let that righteousness control our actions before we…

Miscarriage of Justice On January 18, 1985, Ronald Cotton was sentenced to life in prison plus fifty years (Thompson-Cannino, Cotton, & Torneo 2009). An innocent man’s life changed on that day, this does not minimize the fact that a woman was raped and violated and she picked the wrong guy in the line up, this young man turned himself in, confident he had nothing to hide but his world was shattered when he walked into the trap of fitting a profile of a line up, he walked into a “Harsh and…

2002a in Crime and Justice). One purpose served by the criminal law is to ensure that those who act wrongly receive the pain which is their just desert (Johnston and Ward 2010, 8). This simply put means that the community expectations of the criminal justice system is to see a wrongdoer reprimanded for his or her crime. The Elizabethan era is a prime example of this, as punishment for crime was often a public spectacle and in the form of hanging or flogging. The criminal justice system was also…

time has passed, the gap between health status or the lack thereof has widened between the marginalized and the privileged (Giddings, 2005). Social justice is an important element to incorporate in the nursing profession, as it is a key link to providing holistic health care not only for the patient, but also for the community and globally. Social justice is defined as equal distribution of resources and responsibilities, including wealth, opportunities and privileges in society. It also…

In the work To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses Atticus’ search for justice to convey that everyone is deserving of justice. Atticus exemplifies an understanding and search of justice through his relationship with those in the community, through his relationship with his children and through his court case. Throughout the story, Atticus’ relation to members of the…

Republic, Socrates explains gives a long, in-depth analogy to explain justice. The analogy used is a city, in which everything is conditioned to be a perfectly just city. All the patterns of this city make it the perfect example of how a just society would be run, and exactly what justice means. He makes many points in he explains justice, through his major themes. There are many themes in Republic, by Plato, such as the definition of justice, communities should be family, and education is…

Cephalus defines justice as the following: justice is telling truth and paying debts. However, Socrates refutes Cephalus’s definition by claiming that there are situations when it is not just to tell the truth and pay the debts. Sometimes, contracts are bad though it starts out good. For example, it is not just to return weapon or entrust care to a friend who is insane. Besides Cephalus’s definition of justice, Thrasymachus also provides his definition of justice. First, justice is nothing but…

In the book Justices: What is The Right Thing to Do? Michael Sandel continues to address alternative theories of justices from various scholars in the later chapters of the book. Since the ancient times, morality and law are interdependent and mutual influence to each other. Moral is a kind of social ideology, where behavior of norms comes from the social awareness, regulation, education, and evaluation. On the other hand, law is developed or recognized by the government, and it is a guarantee…

Justice versus injustice is one of the biggest conflicts in this world as justice lacks one true definition. Socrates goes out to find the meaning of justice, but what he finds is a conflict where the unjust man is not always the loser. The unjust man can be better than the just man and the argument that the fair man is superior does not always hold up against injustice. Justice benefits the mass while injustice aids the individual. Controlling people is easier with justice. It allows…