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    What is Justice? It sounds like a simple question to answer, but what about in the world we live in today. Many people in our society have their own distinctive explanation of what justice is. When most people think of justice, they think behavior, treatment, fair play, and equity. In many eyes, justice is seeing the villain pays for what they have done usually by some kind of punishment such as prison or the death penalty. Because justice is a hard word to define everyone has taking up there…

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    whether or not one believes in universals over and above particulars, or whether one is a nominalist, or abides somewhere in between the pronouncements of both camps, the obvious metaphysical inference from Plato 's account of justice is that abstract properties, such as justice, when instantiated by greater, composite phenomena, such as by a city or nation-state as opposed to a person, inherit the same "structure" rather than the same "essence." By structure, I mean thereby the abstract anatomy…

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    According to Immanuel Kant philosophy of ethical formalism the only thing that is good is a "good will". Even if the end of an individual 's action is bad, it still would be considered a moral action along as the individual enter the action with good will. Secondly Kant strongly believed that doing "one 's duty" will be bestow with moral worth. Hypothetical imperatives regard to if one wants to completed a certain task then one needs to do a certain action or steps to complete it. Also…

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    Socrates does not adequately refute the claim that justice means to tell the truth and not steal, or as Cephalus puts it, “Not cheating someone even unintentionally, not lying to him, [b] not owing a sacrifice to some god or money to a person”. Socrates replies by giving the following counter example, “if a man borrows weapons from a sane friend, and if he goes mad and asks for them back, the friend should not return them, and would not be just if he did. Nor should anyone be willing to tell the…

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    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…

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    Martin Luther King Junior’s Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr. emphasizes the importance of equality and justice in his letter to the people of Birmingham, Alabama. King writes, from his jail cell, about the injustice he has seen and he offers ways of fixing it. His plans starts with acquiring an understanding of the difference between a just and unjust law and how to react to them. Then his plan requires taking action to abide by and fight for these just laws. The final…

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    explains how they relate to being a good leader. One of these virtues is justice. Aristotle argues that justice is the foundation upon which all other virtues are built. Therefore, is important for leaders to understand the multiple facets of justice: universal, distributive, and criminal. The first level of justice is universal justice. Universal justice is important for leaders to understand because…

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    Book 1 of Plato’s Republic is concerned with justice. Although Plato doesn’t give his own definition of justice, he does consider and eventually refute the suggestions offered by some of the characters we encounter. These characters include Cephalus, Polemarchus, and Thrasymachus, who have different perspectives on morality. In this paper, I will be giving my own interpretation of this text, which will include a description of the three characters as well as an account of Socrates’ interaction…

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    Martin Luther King Jr.’s A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. is an essential, one-volume compilation of the late Civil Rights activist’s words. Included in the volume are autobiographical reflections, interviews and speeches. Within these compiled words hold Dr. King’s thoughts on a great many subjects including, but not limited to, black nationalism, nonviolence, poverty and segregation. Some of these works include the “Playboy” interview, “Letter…

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    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…

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