Socrates would ask this question to the everyday citizens in Ancient Greece (supposedly). Today, Michael Sandel asked it in the context of the bank bailouts and societal fairness. (1) It seems we're seeing through conflict (recession) that the most basic values are reasserted and assessed. Conflict may be inevitable until we can improve human memory/learning which ironically may require instituting broader social equality itself.
1) What is justice?Broadcast: Midmorning, 11/12/2009, 10:06 a.m.
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I don’t know if Justice has a succinct verbal definition, I believe it has a more ostensive quality. Noam Chomsky says, “A system of knowledge and belief results from the interplay of innate mechanisms, genetically determined maturational processes, and the interaction with the social and physical environment.” Perhaps the best way to answer this question is to break it down into these three areas.
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