Thursday, April 16, 2015

Justice and equality

A controversial topic I would say. Equality is treating every aspect irrespective of its specialty. Treating every human being without any consideration like race, nationality, religion, skin color, cast or political perspectives would be equality. Yes, it is true that we are in a diverse environment with different types of people. Remember this does not mean that we have to discard those differences. But after realizing the diversity can we treat everyone equally ? The answer would be an obvious "No". Then the problem would be how to define the clearcuts, what to be considered, what to be ignored and  whom should decide. Series of questions with no clear answers. 

If we focus on justice keeping all the endless questions aside, Justice is simply everything treated properly in the proper order irrespective of what or who it is. So, does the diversity in the nature bring barriers to Justice? Do these justice and equality coincide? 


I think this picture says it all. 


Equality will not be the best option when it comes to some situations. But where to draw the line? Eliminating equality for justice is not where corrupted politicians roam freely or released on bail while a random citizen who stole few thousands is jailed for years. I think this is where the true wisdom comes to the play, we humans are the most intelligent species, if we have the power to recognize the diversity don't you think that God has not given us the ability to act? This where we all stumble. Social norms, culture, power, law and regulations all comes one over one. But if you can put humanity among all of them I think the answers would not be that far.



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