Friday, January 23, 2015

Justice

Is McDonald's just as a whole because they take in families that are ill into its Ronald McDonald houses, but are serving people unhealthy food that could possibly lead to a future illness? What is McDonald's good for? Is McDonald's good because they serve unhealthy "good" food or because they help the ill? Is McDonald's really just in their corporate actions? McDonald's provides so many jobs for the American people, so as a result, they significantly benefit the economy. That sounds good right? McDonald's advertises and sells scientifically engineered food that consists of some lethal chemicals. This is also good, right? Of course this is contradictory. Justice, preferably the characteristic, just, often contradicts itself in today's society. So is justice good? Can something that is contradictory also be morally right? America is so-called "one nation under God," but who knows what the government does behind closed doors, being a nation under a God that permits malicious actions such as torture. What if one took religion out of the matter? Would the government's morals and values be in question then? the I'm not saying torture is wrong as a whole, because sometimes it is needed. I'm just trying to figure out if that type of justice and the characteristic of being just can be morally right while contradicting itself at the same time.  Are contradictions just in a way? Circumstances and the "depending on this or that" would then come into play? This brings to question, Can one defend a morality argument without using circumstances and the "depending on this or that" theory? "One question sparks another," as they say, and it becomes a cycle. In class we touched base on who is the "they"? Are "they" people who sit around and make up these sayings? Maybe they are just generalities that just been passed on from person to person.

2 comments:

  1. I think your contradicting outlook on justice is very interesting. I saw in a comment earlier that evil and bad are on both sides of a coin; I think that is the case in your question here. I think it is difficult for something or someone to be entirely just without looking at a contradiction that could make it "unjust". Everyone has their opinions on a matter and just as we discussed in class "a majority or a group's opinions doesn't make something fact".

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  2. I agree with your statement about there being two sides of the coin in most situations. The McDonald's industry does benefit the economy and host a successful charity foundation/housing group. However, they also sell horrific "food" and market their products to be satisfying and appealing, when in reality ingesting such products regularly is indefinitely a pathway to chronic preventable diseases and a lackluster lifestyle. To answer one of your questions, I believe it is close to impossible to take out Circumstances and draw a line to determine what is just or unjust for any situation. As we discussed in class--speeding is illegal. Although, if someone was speeding because they needed to get to the hospital for an emergency, it would in no way be "just" to give them a ticket.

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