Criminal Justice Research Paper

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THEORY OF JUSTICE, PERSONAL VIEWS ON NATURAL LAW AND MORAL ETHICS
What is Justice? How many theories of justice are out there? Whose definition of justice is valid and correct? In today’s society, I believe everyone has their own belief on justice. We develop our theories through what we experience in life and the events that we witness. As we mature, we get wiser we build our opinions and theories on logical and rational thinking. This obviously comes with time and education. Justice is a man-made law that was created to judge and discipline the ones that defy the law. The law is also a man-made system of rules which is collection of numerous sets of institutions. When justice is carried out in a case, it governs the
The Bush Administration has been the most controversial organization because of their response to the 9-11 terror attacks. Surely one can say that we were attacked on your nation’s soil and this is the only way but many argue that we shouldn’t have gone to war. So many young soldiers’ lives have been taken from the fight for your freedom and protection of this nation. As George W. Bush did state clearly at a news conference that, “We will bring them to Justice. Justice will arrive at their door.” Right there were powerful words and I still here them echo in my head the day he said it. I guess I can admit that was probably the time where I became a supporter for justice and believing in the justice system. If I were in George Bush’s shoes at the time of presidency, I would bring justice upon them as well to keep the integrity and stability of justice in line. Those who defy and break the law in an immoral and irrational way should be punished and the hard hammers of justice fall upon
I think that this topic stems from what the actions of how Justice is established in the world. From what I’ve come to learn in my lifetime thus far is the choices that we make are in a straightforward matter of personal preference and the actions that spring from them are neither moral not immoral. We then become the subject of moral debate because of the intensions behind them, the results, and their values. Whether we think an action is moral or immoral will depend on that individual’s values and ethical arguments that they use to decide what is right. In Robin Lovin’s book “Christian Ethics: An Essential Guide”, Lovin gives the purest definition of what ethics is. Lovin states, “Ethics is the study of the choices by which we try to live a good life, is sometimes distinguished from morals, the practices and beliefs by which people live. Ethics then, is about thoughtful, reflective, and self-conscious decisions.” Some people may raise the question, why are ethics so important? What is the point of ethics? Ethics helps us appreciate the choices that others make and evaluate the justification they give for those choices. Most of all it improves ones own moral awareness from a conscious examination of values and choices. Some moral choices are straight forward and others are more