Justice is a matter of making it up to the people you hurt.Please, discuss. The context is found here.
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http://fatherstephen.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/more-on-the-justice-of-god/
Justice is the administering of deserved punishment or reward.
Reparations is the making of amends for wrong or injury done.
I see them as two separate but closely related ideas. One is done *to* you, the other is done *by* you.
I'ma gonna say that Justice is a concept, a standard -- one of many that only God fully embodies. If you're practicing Justice, you shouldn't have to make things up to people.
I think a major part of justice is "making it up to" those damaged by the act. But that's not all it is. I think that we have to separate justice meted out by the State and justice between people.
That quote makes less sense in context.
I think justice is the advantage of the stronger.
If it's good enough for Thrasymachous it's good enough for me.
-Joel
On a serious note, 'making it up' to those we hurt is not actually a standard in the strict sense, because there is nothing standardised about it.
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