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What is justice? How do we define it? Sometimes, it is defined as fairness. Paying a debt or being punished for a crime are considered subcategories of justice. Everyone claims to desire justice, yet in the modern world, we often grapple with defining its true essence.
In this lecture, Mike Winther delves into the Biblical perspective of justice. Drawing from the Bible, we learn that the Lord expects us to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with Him. Winther discusses various interpretations of justice across different societies, the concepts of right and wrong, and more.
You’ll Learn:
- [02:10] The Lord requires us to act justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.
- [05:10] Two opposing things can’t be right. How do we know what is right? Justice comes from God or reason and logic. One is God and one is man.
- [07:20] What is the origin of Justice? How do we know?
- [10:14] Social justice is defined as economic equality. Is economic inequality unjust?
- [12:01] When we start hyphenating justice, it becomes an issue.
- [12:48] Analyzing justice in relation to the law. The purpose of law is to create a system that is just.
- [13:56] We can also look at justice in relation to public opinion.
- [14:49] Relationship to equality. The problem with equality is that we can’t actually define it. There’s equality of outcome, equality of opportunity, and equality under the law.
- [21:26] The relationship between justice and equality. True justice is only found in equality of the law, but it does not guarantee justice.
- [23:13] Lady justice is in front of court buildings all over the world. She’s blind. She has a sword. The scales are weighing the facts to create justice.
- [26:03] Parliamentary debaters bring cultural, art, and historical references into the argument.
- [26:49] God defines justice.