Justice - Understandings of Justice

Understandings of Justice

Understandings of justice differ in every culture, as cultures are usually dependent upon a shared history, mythology and/or religion. Each culture's ethics create values which influence the notion of justice. Although there can be found some justice principles that are one and the same in all or most of the cultures, these are insufficient to create a unitary justice apprehension.

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    Then not only custom, but also nature affirms that to do is more disgraceful than to suffer injustice, and that justice is equality.
    Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)