"I think it is important that society as a whole rise above base emotions and do the thing we intellectually know is right"
I agree. Unfortunately, there are a great many people in my society who believe "an eye for an eye is just" . ---Still part of Sharia law. Plus of course the literalist Christians, who seem inordinately fond of some of the harsher aspects of the Torah.
In my opinion, justice might be served far more often if Abrahamic morality was ignored. Instead being based on the principles of some of the Greek philosophers, such as the Stoics or indeed their rivals, Epicureans.
However, I have a few lawyer friends, one is a barrister for the Crown . ( like a US ADA) Without exception all of my lawyer friends have confirmed what I have privately believed for many years. No democratic country has a 'justice system'. We all have a 'legal system', which is not the same thing.
From time-to-time justice is served. However, that is due to happy accident rather than intent.
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Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. While Stoic physics are largely drawn from the teachings of the philosopher Heraclitus, they are heavily influenced by certain teachings of Socrates. Stoicism is predominantly a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. According to its teachings, as social beings, the path to happiness for humans is found in accepting the moment as it presents itself, by not allowing oneself to be controlled by the desire for pleasure or fear of pain, by using one's mind to understand the world and to do one's part in nature's plan, and by working together and treating others fairly and justly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism
I agree. Unfortunately, there are a great many people in my society who believe "an eye for an eye is just" . ---Still part of Sharia law. Plus of course the literalist Christians, who seem inordinately fond of some of the harsher aspects of the Torah.
In my opinion, justice might be served far more often if Abrahamic morality was ignored. Instead being based on the principles of some of the Greek philosophers, such as the Stoics or indeed their rivals, Epicureans.
However, I have a few lawyer friends, one is a barrister for the Crown . ( like a US ADA) Without exception all of my lawyer friends have confirmed what I have privately believed for many years. No democratic country has a 'justice system'. We all have a 'legal system', which is not the same thing.
From time-to-time justice is served. However, that is due to happy accident rather than intent.
(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((9))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. While Stoic physics are largely drawn from the teachings of the philosopher Heraclitus, they are heavily influenced by certain teachings of Socrates. Stoicism is predominantly a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. According to its teachings, as social beings, the path to happiness for humans is found in accepting the moment as it presents itself, by not allowing oneself to be controlled by the desire for pleasure or fear of pain, by using one's mind to understand the world and to do one's part in nature's plan, and by working together and treating others fairly and justly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stoicism
