What is Justice, and is there a Universal Justice?

[juvenissun]

Just curious to see what people have to say.

Personally, I feel that justice is a human construct, and thus there is no universal or objective form of justice.

Without a God, there is no correct/incorrect answer to your question.

With a God, your questions become trivial.

 

[durangodawood]

Without a God, there is no correct/incorrect answer to your question.

I provided a correct answer.

 

[PsychoSarah]

Without a God, there is no correct/incorrect answer to your question.

With a God, your questions become trivial.

No question is trivial, at the very least, responses tell me about the personalities and general feelings of those who give them.

 

[Chany]

Things change over time. People's circumstances vary by place and natural conditions.

So whats moral for people in an arctic culture 2000 years ago may be different than for an agrarian culture today.... even though the reasons for these different morals are apparent, demonstrable, in other words: objective.

(Of course, while there are differences, there will probably be many more similarities, as we are all human.)

That really doesn't say that morals themselves are objective; just that the reasons and thoughts behind the morals are objective.

I can say that I know the reason why a particular culture sees (X) as wrong, but I can't say that, because of that, I know (X) is objectively wrong. Therefore, morals are not objective.

I agree with what you are saying, that we can objectively analyze moral systems and the reasons behind them. I just think the distinction needs to be made between morals and the reasoning behind them.

 

[durangodawood]

That really doesn't say that morals themselves are objective; just that the reasons and thoughts behind the morals are objective.

I can say that I know the reason why a particular culture sees (X) as wrong, but I can't say that, because of that, I know (X) is objectively wrong. Therefore, morals are not objective.

I agree with what you are saying, that we can objectively analyze moral systems and the reasons behind them. I just think the distinction needs to be made between morals and the reasoning behind them.

Morals are even MORE objective if you talk about just the morals themselves.

Anyone can study a society and observe their morals on display in their laws, culture, behaviors, etc. On display and available for study = objective.