What is Justice!

For Unit 1 of my Forbidden Books class, we learned about ancient Greece and how their life styles were influenced by the land and the knowledge that around them. One of the main things we went over was the father of philosophy Socrates and his Socratic method, which is the method he would use to learn more things about the world. The method was to ask questions about everything around him to learn about it and the different perspectives take it to have an idea about it. Back in ancient Greece that was considered dangerous, because he taught it to kids and parents didn’t like their kids asking too many questions, they found it as him corrupting the youth. It was also found dangerous because, it raised to much criticism in the community. For the action project we had to use this method on a certain topic and create a conversation between two people, with one person asking about that certain topic. The topic I chose was justice, since everyone has some many different views subject. Enjoy!

Characters:

• Arthur (Character 1, played by NVA)

• Gracius (Character 2, played by AA)

Setting - Dolipolis Cafe

NVA - Hey, Gracius you look very glad today, why is that?

AA - I am signing some papers, because I am the new supreme court judge, meaning I will be able to provide true justice.

NVA - That’s great, but why is that so great? What is true justice?

AA - Everyone knows that a judge does people justice for the person who needs it, so the plaintiff is who would need it. And true justice basically, is an appropriate punishment for a wrong doing.  

NVA - Yes, but, what about the defendant, do they not deserve the same justice given to the other person? And how do we know they did a wrong doing who is to tell?

AA - Well they don’t get the same justice because they broke their control over their justice when they did their wrongdoing, and the jury is to tell what justice they deserve.

NVA - Okay, but how do you know they deserve the “Justice” that is given, how is that truly determined?

AA - Well, that would be determined by evidence used to prove the fact if they deserve the punishment, and once there is enough, the jury is to say what they deserve and I will determine what will be done about the matter that needs to be resolved.

NVA - So justice is only proven by evidence and people without a law degree? That is Justice?

AA - Yes, but the evidence are facts, and people without a law degree are to say what they deserve, because they have common sense and knowledge about different things, and with that they can prove whether they are guilty or not.  Also they usually have different backgrounds giving the verdict more perspective, because of they were raised to think differently.

NVA - Yes, but everyone has different common sense and what if they are biased or have something very personal with the case and lie about it? Is that really what our Justice is based on today?

AA - Well I am sure that we would be able to tell if they are lying to us about it.

NVA - I can see where you are coming from, but I think there are more questions that need to be answered, and you have helped me a lot in understanding Justice! Thank you.

AA - You have definitely helped me think of my own version of justice and how I can make it better for everyone. Thank you for showing me this new idea and make sure you don’t lose control of your justice!

NVA - I will make sure!