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Social Justice

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Law:
I like to open a discussion on Social Justice.

First of all I like to know if you believe that  Social Justice can exist to those who do not believe in the existence of a sovereign Creator of the universe in other words God?

I like to consider the fact that without God it is hard to justify the word justice. For instance you may feel, in your own mind, that slavery is appropriate and not unjust. On the other hand you may feel that slavery is evil and unjust. But can there be evil if there is no God that sets the parameters? If there is no God then the line between good and evil must be in the eye of the beholder.

Now the reason of course I bring this up is that the term Social Justice is being thrown around not only by people who profess to be spiritual leaders but by politicians who claim that the state has no right to bring in any religious beliefs into the political discourse. In other words they claim that the separation between God and state is absolute. So to make the argument for  Social Justice they must make this argument without the reference to good and evil. If there is no good and evil who defines what is just and unjust?

So can the idea of  Social Justice be espoused by those who do not believe in God? If the answer to this is yes then whose mind is the line between good and evil drawn so that we can determine what is just and what is unjust? If the line is drawn by the society that one lives in, then we are saying that each country or society has the right to call slavery a just policy and an accepted practice.

JB Horn:
This is a brain teaser all right >:(


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justice |ˈjəstis|
noun
1 just behavior or treatment : a concern for justice, peace, and genuine respect for people.
• the quality of being fair and reasonable : the justice of his case.
• the administration of the law or authority in maintaining this : a tragic miscarriage of justice.
• ( Justice) the personification of justice, usually a blindfolded woman holding scales and a sword.
2 a judge or magistrate, in particular a judge of the supreme court of a country or state.
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I don't like definitions that use the word to define it's self.

"genuine respect for people.....the quality of being fair and reasonable"  Give me a break. Being fair means that someone else gets the fruit of your labor?

I don't see Social Justice in the Bible, I do see showing love for your brother, helping others in need, but nothing about being fair.

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