The Concept Of Philosophy And Justice

In order to understand the concept of philosophy in justice, one must first know the meaning of justice. “The Oxford English Dictionary defines the ‘just’ person as one who typically ‘does what is morally right’ and is disposed to ‘giving everyone his or her due,’ offering the word ‘fair’ as a synonym” (Pomerleau, 2015). This is useful as a basic definition, but in order to display justice, people must further grasp how this looks, living in the presence of each other. In order to do so, one must first break down the different areas in which justice applies and how to go about executing it properly. However, justice should also be identified in terms of legally and socially. It applies to every area of life and affects how successful society is.

There are two types of justice, these are social justice and legal justice. They coherent side by side and cannot separate them entirely, but they are two different aspects of this theory. On the social side, it implies order to race, gender, religion, socioeconomics, ableism, sexual orientation and age (Tatum, 2015). Of course, those are not all of the social aspects, but these topics cover the general areas of what composes society. As a Western culture, we have created a meaning for our own social justice. Some countries do not view all of these as important, but in order for justice to be defined and used as a living condition, it must be somewhat universal. As people, we all have a certain expectation of how we are to be treated. Factors, such as race or gender, cannot be controlled by humans, so society does not want to be harmed or mistreated because of them. How society contribute to this web is what creates this justice.

These unspoken laws of justice are hard to maintain becaus...

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...wever, it must be a collective choice of the society. Living together as people require some people to agree on many different issues. Our existence is fairly dependent on one another and although society appreciate this aspect of humanity, society also must remember how to live harmoniously with this difficulty.

As people society all have different lifestyles, how society live affects how they interact with each other. This is both a moral decision as well as a political matter. Justice cannot simply be defined by a dictionary, but must be processed in each mind and considered carefully as it to what it means for humankind overall. Society is need of justice and it has been proven to be necessary for the survival and enhancement of life. Justice is essential to our world and every man and nation alike will know its weight when considering how to treat one another.