Justice is an important subject to understand. Next we will look at what turns the black and white areas of common justice into grey. I will preface it by saying; with grace there is freedom.
Friday, October 25, 2013
I Have Rights!
Distributive justice is the basis we use to determine rights. It is distributing property or an ideal to each person that belongs to a group. If a person doesn't get what the group thinks is due him, there is an injustice. These perceived rights can either establish greatness or wickedness. It is safer when it is on a small scale such as a right to an inheritance because of belonging to a family. But if a large enough group is convinced of perceived rights, such as being a superior race with the right to eliminate others, it becomes dangerous. That is why a government has to be limited to certain rights that are without argument. Our rights were narrowed down to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Our founders then added a bill of rights to further define what those terms meant. When philosophies come in to convince enough people that they have rights that violate these, a Pandora's box is opened and there is no telling what might come out. Whenever a small group gets the ear of a majority, the entire society has to suffer with it. So distributive justice defines rights to access a portion of something important for a group. But trouble occurs when people decide to champion their own passions as rights. The group always feels justice is served by punishing those who don't agree. There isn't a conservative or liberal to this. It is a general principle like a math equation.
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Mr. Kruz the article is good as I have said...and I understand that we went after the rabbit and gave up and ended up bagging a squirrel, so my apologies.... The situation in teaching these principles is a little difficult because there are impenetrable borders around "faith"....there is little room allowed for debate because for some reason general truths are seen as an assault on the gospel. In fact the uncovering of truths only serves to clarify solid doctrine and eliminate the fiction that has become mainstream belief...so even if the information is factual, it is quickly dismissed as heretical rather than examining the basis of a belief. Dr. Lister ran into a similar situation and it landed him in the loony bin.....even though a surgeon washing his hands before surgery was a good idea it wasn't accepted....who was Lister to question what everyone knew? So (being off topic again).... understanding what you wrote is not difficult, it just requires a fair examination... that's not likely to happen right away. My personal belief is that it will take a serious injury caused by reliance on status quo to inspire people to question present fallacies. I would pity you trying to teach basic principles of governance but its your own dang fault for stepping outside the playground and daring to think. I will not mention the audacity to try to steer people to seeing things that you are not permitted to think...Do you actually believe we want to know this stuff? We are after all the people that helped usher in the most dynamic church ever along with the most intelligent president that has ever graced the surface of the earth...How dare you speak to us as if we lack a solid grasp of the principles of governance!
ReplyDeleteI don't know if this is any consolation, but if you are writing good stuff it doesn't leave much room to comment directly on the actual content. So you can expect off topic comments or...sounds good Kruz.
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