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The Meaning Of Justice In The World Today, Louis E. Wolcher
The Meaning Of Justice In The World Today, Louis E. Wolcher
Louis E Wolcher
Justice does not stand in relation to law as a blueprint does to a building. Thus, any human practice that thinks of itself as just is a priori unjust. Justice requires the willingness to notice the tragic particular even though one's own conception of justice does not consider it relevant or important. This essay traces the connections between law and justice, and justice and individual ethical responsibility, to reach a conclusion that many may find surprising if not scandalous: Justice denied is undoubtedly a tragedy, but so too is justice achieved.
An Inquiry Into The Possibility Of An Ethical Politics, Louis E. Wolcher
An Inquiry Into The Possibility Of An Ethical Politics, Louis E. Wolcher
Louis E Wolcher
Politics is about struggle against others, and it results in the use of law (and hence the threat of coercion) as its primary means for accomplishing its ends. Ethics is about care for others beyond all calculations of individual or collective self-interest. Can politics and ethics be reconciled? In particular, is an ethical politics possible for the twenty-first century? This essay traces the history of grounds and grounding in Western thought with respect to the problem of providing a foundation for any imaginable regime of "ethical" politics in something that would be more solid than mere individual preferences. The investigation …