Questions tagged [justice]
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Does Anscombe think that injustice is always wrong?
Does Anscombe think that injustice is always wrong? I cannot find out, as MMP is a little vague about it, and only says it is never right, rather than always impermissible.
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What role should victims have in determining punishment for crimes? [closed]
If we care about retributive justice , that is the principle of proportional penalty , are victims the best judges of what penalties to hand out ? Since the goal is to cause equal suffering to the ...
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What does Socrates mean by not reusing his initial objection to Cephalus’s definition of Justice to object to Polemarchus’s definition?
Plato’s Republic Book 1
331 C: Socrates says that if we return a weapon given to us by a sane friend who has since then turned insane, we are not being just.
Polemarchus then defines Justice as the ...
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What was the reason why they (in Plato's Republic) chose to focus on justice?
I am trying to read Plato's The Republic. It is not easy to understand.
There are two things I just can't understand.
When Socrates and Glaukon come to Kephalos' house the discussion very quickly ...
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Why is it that the precedent of breaking a bad law might weaken the force, and lead to discretionary violation of those which are good?
It's an opinion expressed by Thomas Paine in his book 'Rights of Man'.
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How to start learning philosophy and overcome my bias towards mathematics?
I am interested and curious about philosophy, especially topics like morals, justice, ethics, etc. I want to read books that explain the philosophy behind them. However, I am very ignorant and I don’t ...
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Are morals and justice meaningless? What do philosophers think about them?
I am curious about the concepts of morals and justice. Do they have any objective reality, or are they just subjective illusions that we create for ourselves? Are they meaningless? How can we define ...
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Is punishment necessary to right an injustice?
I am usually against the idea of punishment and think of the state and law as a means of social control rather than desert etc.. But do certain unfair acts - perhaps not necessarily the most evil, but ...
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When is a legal failing an injustice?
When is a legal failing, failing to apply the law, an injustice?
Some serious crimes, rape and murder being the most obvious, might well be injustices when not punished, simply becasue justice surely ...
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Justice and general intelligence systems? [closed]
In a world of general intelligence systems. If an AI causes an accident how is justice served? This maybe due to the overlook of a human who is no longer there. And the reason for that would be it was ...
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Philosophy of restorative justice?
What are some good reading materials for: New Zealand's restorative justice? What is the philosophy behind it?
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When is war justified? Is defence of national sovereignty a sufficient moral justification? [closed]
If aggressive war is always wrong, is defensive war always right?
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Does the arc of history bend toward justice.?
"I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long
one, my eye reaches but little ways; I cannot calculate the curve and
complete the figure by the experience of sight; I can ...
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Looking for reading recommendations: Theories of right/justice that safeguard against having one's job automated?
Can anyone recommend any books or articles on AI automation of jobs?
Specifically, books that develop or discuss a theory of right and then apply it to the question of whether we should let job ...
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Has anyone tried the Rearden defense?
My question requires some context – please bear with me.
In Ayn Rand's book Atlas Shrugged, industrialist Hank Rearden violates the so-called 'fair share' law by doing business with another character. ...
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