RE: Justice: Is it really worth it?
July 17, 2012 at 7:57 pm
(This post was last modified: July 17, 2012 at 8:14 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Quote:Isn't it just to say a murderer gets more time behind bars than a bank robber?
That depends on your notion of 'justice' . Not every action fits into a neat little box,and the rich tend to be more lightly treated under most legal systems than the poor..To be just,(fair) the law must be impartial and consistent; it is neither. Until that time, justice remains a romantic ideal.
Traditionally, crimes against property have been treated at least as harshly as crimes against the person. This practice has changed only in the last 100 years and less.
The earliest notions of justice of which I'm aware come from ancient Egypt. The basic principle was called m'aat, which means order/balance. The emphasis was on restoring order,often through compensation. The notion of justice through compensation is common in the Code of Hammurabi,which developed (?) into the 613 commandments called 'Mosaic Law",which also emphasis compensation.
