Justice

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Clarence Darrow perhaps America's most celebrated 20th century lawyer lamented There is no justice anywhere - in or out of court. But do we want justice as much as we claim? Perfect justice would mean a citation for every rolling stop and speeding ticket every time we exceed the speed limit by at least one mile-per-hour. Further when is the exclamation No fair! an objective assessment rather than a subjective reaction to conditions not to our liking? In this treatise Professor Malikow analyzes justice by defining it and addressing when it is incompatible with morality. Questions addressed in this book include:</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>How does the law sometimes create unfairness?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What constitutes a fair distribution of wealth?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Should some athletes and entertainers earn more than the President of the United States?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What is fair compensation for wrongful imprisonment?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>How is action determined when the law prevents compassion?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Legally when are we not responsible for our behavior?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Is capital punishment cruel and inhumane?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>What is the </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>veil of ignorance</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>When is </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>civil disobedience</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> justified?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Max Malikow is on the faculty of Syracuse University's Renee Crown Honors Program an Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at LeMoyne College and a Licensed Mental Health Counselor. He earned a Master's degree from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and doctorate from Boston University. He resides in Syracuse New York with his wife Diane and German Shepherd Rylee.</span></p><p></p>