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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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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