Oddbean new post about login | logout an idea that never quite works out the way anyone thinks it should; similar to its idea-cousin 'fair'; often in usage people really mean vengeance for both. who decides? behind a bush a mob of red ants eat — a spider
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I so badly wanna say thats fair for funny reasons And i agree i dont think there can be universal justice but maybe i whould say its the desire to be meaningfull As in i was wronged so x must be punished I lived like x so someone doing me justice in x way Spitballing
it's not that it can't exist, it's that people have an idea and step forth from that idea rather than using Mind, which isn't attached to concepts. in fact, Mind is why justice wears a blindfold. the same happens in people who attach themselves to a political ideaology, create a personality around it, and then permanently have their [whatever politics] view sunglasses on all the time. they step forth from ideas rather than...
God defines what is justice and what is fair and claims justice for Himself. "Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power." (Proverbs 8:14) "For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”" ( Hebrews 10:30)