Sunday, March 22, 2009

Justice

I find it hard to define "justice". Everyone's definition is different. But, that is the beauty of mankind, of freewill. I love that you cannot define everything by a textbook definition. You cannot say that one thing is most certainly right or wrong. For example: A man, good and right, loses his job. He cannot provide food to his family, to his wife and kids. What is right--for this man to let his family starve to death, or steal a loaf of bread so that his family might eat?
There are numerous accounts like this, trying to decide which is the worse of two evils. But everyone will answer differently. That is why we have freewill: so that we might decide for ourselves. 
Most of us would agree upon many forms of injustice, but we would differ upon our actions towards them. If you see someone arguing, do you go in from the start and become involved in something to which is none of your concern, or do you wait for them to begin beating each other and then try and break it up?
I don't have the answers to these, most certainly not, and I don't think anyone should. Because everyone's answers will be different, and you could not fully define what is right. 

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