If you live in a society where theft is applauded and condoned in the courts, and you go steal something, and by some anomaly of the legal system, you get punished for the theft, then, in response to YOUR theft, there is justice but not fairness. If some anomaly in the legal system allowed one individual to be punished where others were not, then this would not create justice. The punishment of the one individual would be a just act, but the failure of the system to punish others similarly would be unjust. As for Sam's other two examples, they both describe situations in which fairness can exist without justice, but this situation is consistent with my position. Basically, my statement is that fairness can exist without justice, but justice cannot exist without fairness.
TRUE justice is built on fairness.
It encompasses fairness. That's all for now, I guess. Make sure you read our message forum policy before posting. Back to the Message Forum .