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Humans are one of the few species of animals that can sense and protest to injustice. For a long time, our self-righteousness made us believe that we were the only ones able to do this. We also considered ourselves as the only ones capable of feelings and altruistic behavior, but that too was proven false. Now, another one of the things that supposedly made humans unique appears in other species ...
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... retribution. Natural justice is expressed most clearly and powerfully not as a sense of justice, but as a sense of injustice.
This Aristotelian idea has been elaborated in two recent books--Edmond Cahn's ... of the past. Working from the bottom up, from a dystopian view of our experiences with injustice, rather than from the top down, from a utopian theory of perfect justice, we build rights on ...
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... !...
Er, wash the windows!...
And um... Well, whatever else needs doing.
So, good people of BurghTown-- Do you see any injustice around here? An evil-doer mugging an old lady of her pension check and hairnets, perhaps ... beverages?!
Come on, people!... Anything!!
Ah-- phew! -- what's this?...
Sensing injustice in action through his SwellSonar Hearing, SwellGuy tracks down the black-hearted ...
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... ill will towards the original transgressor.
So what can we do? How can we stop this?
First, if you’re sharing an injustice, ask for confidentiality. And after sharing and empathy, listen carefully to the ideas from ... my pain with friends. And I’ve watched a report of a personal injustice be fanned into a wildfire. I’ll bet you can say the same.
The bad news is, there ...
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... Justice League in their history, but the rather simple inversion of the JLA’s name probably has the Injustice League at the top of the list (a season two episode introduces a second evil ... ;s doubtful that the League provided much more than a distraction for Batman, who basically takes the Injustice Gang apart without bothering to free himself from his restraints. Playing on either emotions ( ...
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... in terms of what is in MY best interests - not others! Who cares as long as I'm getting what I want - right? Besides, without injustice, how would any of us know when were are extracting revenge on our enemies? No, I say let it ride. Also, don't forget that without injustice we'd all be walking around in Shangri-la without even knowing it. One can't truly appreciate the good times ...
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