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Justice vs. Injustice Each society has its government, each government owes its citizens justice and each citizen owes responsibility to follow the rules of the government. The existence of numerous laws not only provides security and civilization for the society and avoids anarchy, but it also offers certain individual rights and protects the privilege of the citizens. It is true that”There are two types of laws: just and unjust. Every individual in the society has a responsibility to obey the laws, and even more importantly, to disobey and resist just laws.” Just laws symbolize justice; unjust laws symbolize injustice. Judging whether a law is just or unjust is a social issue, and leads to a lot of controversies. However, from my individual perspective, the complexities and implications of this issue might base on the following circumstances: in human rights, in economics and in politics. Initially, a law can be considered as just or unjust. But what is a law? And how can we assume it is just or unjust? Officially, legislators who are elected by the citizens make laws. Legislators debate, vote on and pass hundred laws every year to enable the government to navigate the society and to satisfy the demands of its citizens. Laws are a standard for people to evaluate distinct characteristics of an action, whether it is illegal or legal. There are certain steps like a system to pass a law. During that system, people keep discussing, arguing about the pros and cons of the proposed law. Such those people that have definite influences to the content of a law may be governors, chief executives of nationwide or worldwide corporate company or citizens. Unquestionably, a system always has some flaws. Thus, it is reasonable that as long as there are just laws, unjust laws also exist within the system of government. A law is just or fair as long as it serves for an individual’s benefits and protects an individual’s proper rights, equally. On the contrary, laws, which are legally passed on due to purposes of special-interest groups of people, and even violate others’ rights, are unjust.
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