Ethics & Justice

Ethics and justice involve the following:

• Empathy 
• Fairness 
• Compassion for the injured The larger interest of society

Just because more people agree on something doesn't make it right. For example, if ten perverts agree on a sadistic act to hurt an innocent, does that make it right? No. Just like the laws of gravity, ethics are pretty universal. Just as freedom without discipline leads to destruction, similarly, society without a set of principles destroys itself. If values were so subjective, no criminals should be in jail.

  Why have a police force? A society becomes good or bad, based on the ethical values of individuals. And what gives society its strength is ethical values.

 Some people enjoy taking drugs--it makes them feel good. Does that make it good? People who believe in the theory of relativity, actually get stuck in their own paradox. They say, "Everything is relative." That is the absolute truth. It is self-contradictory. The distinction between right and wrong, dishonesty and honesty presupposes their existence. Changing terminology does not change the meaning. Just like changing the labels does not change the contents. People are changing moral values by giving new names and it is glamorized by the media. Liars are called extroverts with an imagination.

 When Michael Severn, the president of Columbia University resigned in 1993, a reporter asked him if there was any task left incomplete. "Yes," replied Govern. "It sounds complacent, but there is really only one." He referred to the lack of instructions in ethics.... The average undergraduate, however, gets no training in these areas. Most educators are afraid to touch the subject. Ethics are usually left to be addressed by parents. The result is that in this country young people who need moral and ethical training more than ever are getting less than ever. Morals and ethics are not a religion. They are logical, sensible principles of good conduct that we need for a peaceful society.