Retributive justice

According to Braveman & Guskin (2003: 254), the term equity is considered to be “social justice and fairness”. This describes equity as a term which is largely associated with principles which are rooted in distributive justice, as described by Braveman & Guskin (2003). In other words “equity” can be referred to as the lack of inconsistencies in health, as stated by Braveman & Guskin (2003). However, it is also noted that individuals from many different backgrounds may depict social injustices…

SOCRATES AND VOLTAIRE 2 How often are people confronted with varying attitudes about life and forced to decide what the most appropriate response is? Some believe it is better to die knowing your sought out the truth while others believe it is better to live ignorant and be happy. These are some of the conflictions faced by some of the great philosophers of the past such as Socrates and François-Marie Arouet, also known as Voltaire. We learn much about their philosophy on life…

categorizing what kind of good is justice. When I was first asked the question "what is good about living a just life?" the first thought that came to my mind was that when an individual is living a just life he/she does not go to jail. Up until I started reading The Republic, the picture of justice that I had in my head was the one of a judge, court, police officers, etc. but after reading Plato's words, I realized that there is much more to justice. The portrait of justice I had in mind was…

Social Justice Vs. Objectivism The human race is made up of all kinds of people. Humans come in all kinds of shapes, sizes, colors, national origins, religious backgrounds, their own set of opinions, etc. No two people are exactly the same. These distinct differences is what makes the human race very interesting and yet at the same time very challenging as well; especially when in regards to the topic of ethics and morals. Ayn Rand and Martin Luther King, Jr. were similar in the ways of…

viewing Gladwell's Arguments and To Kill A Mockingbird, one can get the sense that using the hearts and mind effect and prejudice, the friends and neighbors effect will cause disadvantages to others because of ones relationship and upholding social justice will only…

Is the law justice? If not should we still follow it? Those questions refer to the arguments between Crito and Socrates. Crito believes that Socrates should escape from prison because the law is not justice for placing him there at first. Opposing this belief, Socrates believes that he must obey the rules even in prison and not escape from it since this act is not justice. Even if he is innocent, he believes that his name will always be placed to the society that he followed the law and just.…

The concept of ‘law’ has proven itself a tricky one to articulate. Despite its relevance within society, it is hard to condense the idea of law down to its core tenets. In their quest for a concise definition, legal theorists have approached law from different angles, and have tended to divide themselves into two groups – those who believe that any summation of law must include reference to morality, and those who believe that the idea of law either can or must be completely distinguished from…

criminal justice system is a system that is higly dependent on procedural justice. Procedural justice is the notion that fair procedures guaranteed to result in fair outcomes. Many principals such as fairness, efficiency, clarity, restraint, accountabilty, participation and protection are reasons why the canadian justice system is fair. Procedural Justice is a type of system that justice places a heavy concern on making and implementing decisions according to fair processes. Procedural Justice…

Hugo Grotius found his first serious challenge towards Natural Law posed by Euphemus, a nonbeliever, who stated that Justice always favors the powerful and “…no state can be governed without Injustice” (Grotius p. 77). Euphemus believes that the only determinant of Justice was war, itself and, “…nothing is more frequent than the mentioning of Right and Arms…” (77). Grotius fires back at Euphemus’ argument, borrowing from a Christian writer who states, “Fraud, Cruelty, Injustice, are the proper…

Justice Truepenny: “Our murder statute permits no exception applicable to this case, however our sympathies may incline us to make allowance for the tragic situation in which these men found themselves.” In Truepenny’s opinion someone still has to be held accountable for what did transpire between those explorers, though he does empathetic towards the individuals. There’s a possibility that the courts will dwell into what happened, and realize that the circumstances bought upon the explorers…