Obstruction of justice

John Rawls in his “A Theory of Justice” tries to identify an alternative viable theory of social justice to other predominant doctrines, which have dominated our philosophical tradition. While the author acknowledges that most citizens and institutions recognise the principle of social justice, he also underlines that their conceptions on the distribution of basic rights and duties are influenced by their interests and hence, are not always to the advantage of all citizens. In fact, Rawls…

Proposition: Hart argues that we conceptualized the Grudge informer case by maintaining unjust law is still a law, but perhaps so unjust that it should be disobeyed: On the one hand, we will begin our analysis by explaining the first part of the proposition “Hart argues that we conceptualized the Grudge informer case by maintaining unjust law is still a law”. In order to understand why according to him an unjust law is still a law, it is necessary to remind briefly his view on the connection…

dictionary, justice is the maintenance or administration of what is fair especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments. Justice is usually seen as actions of doing good works such as giving money to the poor and putting a criminal in prison for their wrong actions. In his book “The Republic”, Plato gives his beliefs on both the political and the individual form of justice, using the dialogues of Socrates. The political justice is…

The following essay will discuss Socrates reasons for refusing Crito’s offer of help in Crito, as well as whether or not these refusals are justified. We will discuss each of Socrates reasons for refusing in turn, criticising each as we move through the dialogue. Crito raises the problem of the extent to which a moral person is obligated to their City State (referred to as Athens and the State throughout), as well as the individual's dedication to the central principle of the dialogue; never…

In the “Apology” Socrates is on trial for crimes he has not committed. Socrates ultimately does not fear death because of his innocence, he believes that death is not feared because it may be one of the greatest blessings of the soul. For a person such as Socrates that has lived virtuously there no reason for them to fear death. Socrates makes the argument that one should not fear death because only the gods know what is beyond death,because death could be a blessing. According to Socrates,…

Plato’s Republic takes the reader on a journey with an ultimate goal of defining justice. Within this journey, Plato uses a character called, Socrates, to express his own views and opinions. Throughout the book, Socrates attempts to discover justice by examining the ideal state and the role that every citizen plays. Within this examination, Socrates establishes stern and demanding principles in order to ensure that the well-being of the entire city is always preserved. However, the deceptive and…

Republic presents a complex case of what it means to be just and what justice is. Throughout the ten books Socrates, brought to life by Plato, meets various people and challenges their opinions on justice and the very ideals they held close to them. Socrates brings up many points in his lengthily debates with the characters he encounters. Plato uses the voice of his teacher to bring to light various angles for approaching the idea of justice and all it brings with it, in this life and beyond. In…

In the Apology, by Plato, Socrates makes two particular claims about himself. The first is that he does not know anything and the second is that he is wiser than every man in Athens. While these two claims may seem contradicting to one another because of our traditional conviction of relating wisdom to knowledge, Socrates refutes this correlation with his Socratic Paradox; which instead correlates knowledge with virtue and ignorance with evil. We learn about Socrates’ notion of wisdom through…

Righteous. What does it mean to be righteous? The definition of righteous is to be morally right or justifiable, but is that the only definition? How do we know if someone has the quality of righteousness? It all depends on one’s opinion of what they believe is righteous through their own morals and beliefs. Bilbo demonstrates righteousness on multiple occasions through the book. He takes some reasonable and just actions at times and there are other moments where you could question his…

He states that the executive is separated from the judiciary. Thus the judiciary cannot tell or order the executive to perform a particular function, which in this case was granting executive clemency to the survivors, as stated by Chief Justice Truepenny. He goes on to say that he, as a private citizen, wants Pi to be pardoned altogether. But as a Judge he cannot tell the executive what to do and the Chief Executive has to reach a decision on his own. He chides Truepenny for requesting clemency…