“As Enlightenment philosophers and scholars consciously adopted the methods of science to establish such abstract concepts as rights, liberty, and justice, successive generations have become schooled in thinking of these abstractions as applied to others in matrices-like mental rotations.” ThinkingJusticeLibertyRightsGenerationsEnlightenmentConceptsMethodPhilosopherAbstractScholarAbstractionAdoptedSchooledLiberty And JusticeRotation Author:Michael Shermer
“Do not talk to me of goodness, of abstract justice, of nature law. Necessity is the highest law, public welfare is the highest justice.” LawPoliticsJusticePowerGoodnessHighestWelfareAbstractTalk To MePublic Welfare Author:Napoleon Bonaparte
“Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely, others that if they are unequal in any respect they should be unequal in all. The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.” IfsThinkingMenShouldGovernmentLawEnjoyJusticePrinciplesEqualAgreeEvery ManAbstractProportionStable Author:Aristotle
“There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men in their various relations with each other, in whatever circumstances they may be, that they will neither injure nor be injured.” MenMayJusticeCircumstancesRelationVariousAbstractInjuredCompact Author:Epicurus
“I now believe that evolution, or deevolution, never ends short of death, that no society has ever achieved an absolute pinnacle, that all humans are not created equal. In fact, I believe attempts to create some abstract equalization create a morass of injustices that rebound on the equalizers. Equal justice and equal opportunity are ideals we should seek, but we should recognize that humans administer the ideals and that humans do not have equal ability.” ShouldBelieveHumansEndsFactsOpportunityI BelieveJusticeAbilityEvolutionEqualIdealsAbsolutesInjusticeAbstractEqual OpportunityPinnacleReboundEqualizerEqual Justice Author:Frank Herbert
“Obama's attitude toward the rule of law is apparent in the words he used to describe what he is looking for in a nominee to replace Justice David Souter. He wants 'someone who understands justice is not just about some abstract legal theory,' he said, but someone who has 'empathy.' In other words, judges should decide cases so that the right people win, not according to the rule of law.” PeopleWantShouldSaidLawUsedWinningJusticeAttitudeCasesJudgingTheoryEmpathyAbstractRule Of Law Author:Michael Barone