Friday, September 4, 2015

Consequences, Guilt, and Beneficial

People have many opinions on what justice's real definition is in respect to society. Therefore, I see justice as we discussed in class an ordered structure of a whole. For example, the city/soul analogy demonstrates the classes of people and their duties as a citizen. If a person does not do their job then they have to face consequences. Consequences are a fear of many just people. For instance, the story about the ring is basically people will not commit crimes visibly because they are afraid of the consequence. I believe justice is doing the right thing no matter who is watching. Justice actions should not just benefit you. Many people tend to do just actions for the recognition. We discussed in class giving donations to receive a tax break is a just action. However, I disagree because it is unjust to do an action for the benefit of you. Also, a just action is anything you do not later feel guilty about. For example, I would not be able to rob a bank even if I had the invisible ring on because I would feel guilty even though I would not get caught. For an action to be considered justice a person should not do it to benefit him or herself, feel guilty about the action, or fear the consequence. We have laws and rules for a reason. As in the city/soul analogy, the guardians or police have to enforce the laws or we would have people killing each other more than we do now because people would not fear the consequences. If we did not have people doing this job then our society would be injustice. An unjust action is not always a crime it could be cheating. Cheating even if nobody finds out is an unjust action because you will feel guilty or have the fear that somebody will find out. Justice can have several definitions but it will always mean what is morally right and fair.

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  1. While I agree with your statements that claim that committing acts that make us feel guilty are unjust actions on the basis that they put our soul out of order, I find your take on that particular matter a bit paradoxical when compared to your statement that something that personally benefits the doer of an action is unjust (i.e., you claim that it is "unjust to do an action for the benefit of you"). By this, perhaps you meant that an action that ONLY benefits the doer is unjust; however, I think that a just action is a just action regardless of who benefits from it. If, for example, I decide to donate a large sum of money to charity in order to receive appraisal from the community, that action is still just even if my motivation to donate is a bit egocentric.

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