Two sides of the same coin: Justice and Peace By: Melduard Hernandez One of the latest news today is about the Vizconde Massacre. As what the DOJ Officials said‚ “It is a long road back to 1991.” The related rumors were why it is that Hubert Webb and other accused persons acquitted by the Supreme Court of the Philippines? Who are the real suspects of the case? Why is it that eye witness Jessica Alfaro considered now as false witness? There were so many questions and mysteries that were attached
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THE SAME COIN: JUSTICE AND PEACE Melduard Hernandez One of the issues that made a mark on Philippine history is the Vizconde Massacre. As what Justice Officials say‚ “It is a long road back to 1991.” The big questions were: “Why Hubert Webb and others accused are acquitted by the Supreme Court?” “Who are the real suspects of the case?” and “Why eyewitness Jessica Alfaro is considered as false witness?” The case was shrouded in mystery since it took place. The symbol for justice is a scale‚ and
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mix up the terms Revenge and Justice. Many believe that with revenge comes justice and justice always starts with revenge. “Yet certain overlaps between--and ambiguities within--the two terms do exist.” claims Leon F. Seltzer in Don’t Confuse Revenge With Justice: Five Key Differences article. This description conveys that although there are similarities‚ there are major differences that override them. For example‚ “it would be convenient to advance the claim that justice is fair and revenge is not
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Question 1 Moral‚ Legal‚ and Religious Perspectives on Social Justice includes: In Chapter 1 of your textbook‚ justice is analyzed from three perspectives‚ each with its own set of relevant concepts. The text includes three case studies for consideration from each perspective. Select one (only one) of these case studies as the focus of your initial post in this discussion. Then analyze the selected case study from the justice perspective which accompanies it and answer the following questions
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In 2011‚ the Access to Justice Review‚ as commissioned by the Minister‚ stated that “access to justice is an indispensable feature of a democratic society committed to fair and equal treatment”. I could not agree more. The key driver in encouraging and accommodating such access is the law‚ a vital component affecting all layers of our society. I am particularly interested in how the law is constantly developing‚ carefully mended by the legal profession to ease the blur between right and wrong‚ and
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Assignment: Explain the thesis‚ create an argument against it‚ then conclude with a counter argument to the counter argument. John Rawls‚ using Kantian rationality‚ discusses ways to determine principles of social justice. He begins by making a clear distinction as to what defines the social justice used in his argument – “the way in which the major social institutions distribute fundamental rights and duties and determine the division of advantages from social cooperation”. Rawls then continues to introduce
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What is justice? This may seem like a simple question to answer but for many in today’s society it is not. Individuals throughout society have their own explanation of justice. It is a word in which every person has a different meaning. Although "Justice" has a vast list of meanings‚ it can somewhat be defined. Loosely‚ it can be defined as “The quality of being just; fairness”. Although what justice means to me is being punished for a crime that has been committed. The offender has to pay for his/her
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The distribution of pollution and lack of water access throughout the San Joaquin Valley is an issue of environmental justice because it disproportionately affects poor people and people of color. The term “environmental justice” represents both a movement and an idea. The idea of environmental justice is multifaceted. David Schlosberg‚ a political theorist and environmental justice scholar believes it contains three main aspects: distribution‚ recognition‚ and participation. Distribution refers
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city-soul analogy and does it help us understand the nature of justice? In his philosophy‚ Plato places a large emphasis on the importance of the idea of justice. This emphasis can be seen especially in his work ‘The Republic’ where‚ through his main character Socrates‚ he attempts to define the nature of justice and to justify this definition. One of the methods used by Socrates to strengthen or rather explain his argument on justice is through his famous city-soul analogy‚ where a comparison between
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Criminal Justice System Criminal Justice System Introduction Criminal justice changes in rules‚ procedures‚ and terms from state to state. However‚ the punishment exercised on criminals cannot vary from the standards established by the United States. A crime is classified as an act that violates the federal laws of America. Consequently‚ all the violations are subject to different severities of punishment. Crimes in particular can be as minimal as a traffic violation and become as
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