I was never able to understand the concept of punishment. The best explanation I found was something along the lines of punishment is supposed to deter you from doing wrong. This brings up two problems, what to do when the act is done, why would someone commit a wrongful act in the first place.
For the time being, I am mainly concerned with the former issue. It is really giving me a hard time and I cannot find a satisfactory answer. What does justice really mean?
Any insight would be more than welcome.
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I believe the answer to this depends on the scope you are talking about. If the wrong act has been done in terms of society's conventions and agreed values, this accounts for legal consequences ranging from being fined to imprisonment or more. This is a case where a group of people have agreed on the things that everyone should abide to and have also agreed on what to do to those who don't, for the good of everyone. This is how ‘justice’ is defined. It’s custom-made to the agreement of everyone. Similar systems exist on smaller scales in places like universities, schools, institutions, or even at home in some cases. Personally I don’t believe that there is a standard image of justice. I hate the idea of penalizing someone for a certain action. It just collides with the idea of personal freedom. However, such ‘punishments’ are usually imposed to make sure that the people who do ‘wrong’, don’t interfere with your personal freedom. Thus, it is sadly needed.
Rule of the jungle. Thats the purest form of justice.
We already live in a jungle. A civilized jungle you might say!
The stronger rules the weak. This law is always holding. Its simple, government makes the law, because its strong!
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