Examples Of A Philosophical Construct
Philosophical Construct
Legal justice is concerned with the way in which law distributes penalties for wrongdoing, or allocates compensation in the case of injury or damage. Justice in this sense clearly involves the creation and enforcement of a public set of rules, but to be ‘just’ these rules must themselves have a moral underpinningThe issue of justice lies at the heart of questions about legitimacy and orderly existence, determining whether citizens are willing to accept the law as binding..Supporters of retribution may argue that in principle justice demands that the murderer’s life be forfeit in punishment for his crime; those who advocate deterrence may accept capital punishment but only when empirical evidence indicates that it will
Legal justice is concerned with the way in which law distributes penalties for wrongdoing, or allocates compensation in the case of injury or damage. Justice in this sense clearly involves the creation and enforcement of a public set of rules, but to be ‘just’ these rules must themselves have a moral underpinningThe issue of justice lies at the heart of questions about legitimacy and orderly existence, determining whether citizens are willing to accept the law as binding..Supporters of retribution may argue that in principle justice demands that the murderer’s life be forfeit in punishment for his crime; those who advocate deterrence may accept capital punishment but only when empirical evidence indicates that it will