What do I believe about justice?

Today’s prompt is a pretty difficult one this time. Justice is finding out what is right and what is wrong. There are many different ways of looking at certain things. From one’s point of view, they may think that a certain thing is totally right, while another person may believe that a certain thing is so wrong. Or a person may believe that the justice system in the United States is the one and only justice system that is strong and correct. There are four different levels in the justice system: authority, democracy, traditional, and rationality.

From the authority point of view, you are forced to do something because someone said so. When you are a child and your mother tells you what to wear to school, that is an example of authority justice. You don’t know the difference from what is right and wrong, so you have no other choice but to listen to your mother. The authority in justice may not always be correct also. The authorities are not always true because they can’t be right all the time. There are many views on certain things and an authority cannot be correct all the time.

From the democracy point of view, you are forced to do something because the majority of people do it too. You are a follower. If you think of wearing a hat backwards, but then witness all of your friends wearing their hats forwards faced front, you will then face your hat forward. Following the majority of people’s decision may not always be reliable because they can also be wrong as well. However, you do not mind that and still follow the majority of people.

From a traditional point of view, you are forced to do something because that has been your tradition for the past time. When you are deciding whether to wear your hat frontwards or backwards and then you remember how your grandfather would always wear his hat backwards, you will then wear your hat backwards. The traditional point of view is also not a reliable way of justice. The tradition could be entirely wrong and you have been doing the wrong thing for quite some time, yet you still do it because of the tradition it has carried with it.

Finally, from the rationality point of view, this is solely based upon ones own mindset. If you think you should wear your hat to the side, wear your hat to the side. This may not be a reliable way of justice either, but it expresses independence. Independence is really important in ones self. Having a strong independence can overcome any type of justice there is. If you truly believe that what you do is correct and have no worries, justice will come upon you. Justice will be served if you are the one that truly believes in your own actions. Instead of being a follower like the democracy point of view, you are a leader. Leading the way for certain beliefs is really important. One must not give in to follow a certain trend just because the majority of people do it as well. That should be the reason why they DO NOT do that. There are followers in the world and there are leaders.

Depending on whatever type of justice you believe in, make sure you truly believe in it. It doesn’t necessarily matter if it is right or not for other people’s views; it only seriously matters if you believe it is right or not. If you actually believe in your decision, you must stay true to it and stand by it.