Posts Tagged ‘fairness’

9. Justice

Monday, April 21st, 2008

At a time when opportunism is everything, when hope seems lost, when everything boils down to a cynical business deal, we must find the courage to dream. To reclaim romance. The romance of believing in justice, in freedom, and in dignity. For everybody.–Arundhati Roy (The Ordinary Person’s Guide to Empire)

Defined as:…  
1… a: the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments… b: judge… c: the administration of law; especially : the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity…2… a: the quality of being just, impartial, or fair… b (1): the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action… (2): conformity to this principle or ideal : righteousness… c: the quality of conforming to law…3: conformity to truth, fact, or reason : correctness…

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