Aristotle's Perspective On Justice

QUESTION #1: After having viewed Harvard Justice.org, Episode #9, do you agree with Aristotle’s perspective? For example, when you look around at our American culture, do you think our government is supporting justice for all? For example, is it fair for a university to consider race or ethnicity as a factor in admissions rather than solely on the basis of merit? Explain your thinking.
After viewing Episode #9, I agree with Aristotle’s perspective on justice. When I look around at American culture, I do not think our government is fully supporting justice for all. I feel the government is on the right track, however, I do not feel that there is complete justice for all. Correcting injustices, such as giving women the right to vote, education
Wearing a head piece does not interfere with one learning in school; it does not affect the primary purpose of school, which is for students to learn. In terms of a Frenchman, the argument is valid because accepting a different culture weakens the original culture. Promoting nationalism sizes up against the argument of a woman’s identification with the following quote from the case study: “The fact that we are losing much of our local culture only makes it more important that we preserve national culture and identity; this, for us, takes precedence over what you call freedom of religion…religion that divides cannot be protected…the veiling of Arab girls is offensive [as it] is the rejection of French culture” (Wolfe, 1999). In other words, religion takes nationalism away from a country and rather discards what the country already has in place for society. If a country’s mission is to increase nationalism, it may not be a violation of rights to deny a woman to wear her veil. Wearing her veil would go against the mission of increasing nationalism in a sense that the veil is promoting something different than the country’s culture. It would, in a sense, be a violation of the country’s rights. If a country’s mission is to promote freedoms, wearing a veil would not violate any rights. For example, “In the States, the schools would be forced to allow the veils as a free exercise of religion” (Wolfe, 1999). It would go against the United States’ mission to not allow