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Justice has little to do with the outcomes produced by the law. People often think of 'justice' being done ..or not....according to their views of morality. The blindfold, a symbol of blind justice, represents equality. Justice sees no difference between the parties involved.The law often seems to make a mockery of the western concept of justice and how we bind it up with morality. The meaning of justice has been considered over the centuries by successive philosophers, academics and lawyers, and there are many different theories. Major breaches of a moral code are also likely to be against the law. Criminal law provides the obvious example of where morality and law often merge. The issue of whether law should be involved in enforcing a moral code in matters that concern the personal lives of people, such as their sexuality, has long been a controversial issue, as was demonstrated in the Wolfenden Report in the 1950s.hold my beer wrote: »What you mean by this jaco?
The problem with using moral concepts to produce 'justice' may punish behaviour that may not have proved harmful to another person and the exercise of free choice by individuals is a moral value with which it is wrong to interfere. Consider some issues that face modern society and the law. Separating conjoined twins which will lead to the death of one. Where is the Sword of justice to fall in this matter.......? Nowhere. It is a matter of law.
Consider turning off life support...again it is a matter of law. The right to end one's life....assisted suicide etc are all matters of law v. what one might see as the antithesis of justice.
Sorry for being so long winded but it's a long time since I opened a law book....1987 I think
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jacothelad wrote: »Justice has little to do with the outcomes produced by the law. People often think of 'justice' being done ..or not....according to their views of morality. The blindfold, a symbol of blind justice, represents equality. Justice sees no difference between the parties involved.The law often seems to make a mockery of the western concept of justice and how we bind it up with morality. The meaning of justice has been considered over the centuries by successive philosophers, academics and lawyers, and there are many different theories. Major breaches of a moral code are also likely to be against the law. Criminal law provides the obvious example of where morality and law often merge. The issue of whether law should be involved in enforcing a moral code in matters that concern the personal lives of people, such as their sexuality, has long been a controversial issue, as was demonstrated in the Wolfenden Report in the 1950s.
The problem with using moral concepts to produce 'justice' may punish behaviour that may not have proved harmful to another person and the exercise of free choice by individuals is a moral value with which it is wrong to interfere. Consider some issues that face modern society and the law. Separating conjoined twins which will lead to the death of one. Where is the Sword of justice to fall in this matter.......? Nowhere. It is a matter of law.
Consider turning off life support...again it is a matter of law. The right to end one's life....assisted suicide etc are all matters of law v. what one might see as the antithesis of justice.
Sorry for being so long winded but it's a long time since I opened a law book....1987 I think
Way too philosophical for us socially inept quants.
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