german_poster

Do you believe your sense of justice is greater than that of mercy.

Personally, I feel that the need for justice outshadows that of mercy. If you have a proper system set up then there is no need for emotional verdicts/situations that could lead to mercy. BUT at the same time, how far can justice go before you are moving from rehabilitation to cruel punishment (and thus mercy).

Your thoughts?
Does it even matter? Maybe not, but values in society are a prety accurate prediction of the direction it will head in the future, imo.

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pluiepoco

First, My view of value is different from Frenchman.
Mercy is tolerance to unrightness. Judgement is decision on what's right or wrong.
I always give people mercy, because they do nothing wrong to me, but I can never judge a person right or wrong for ever, because s/he is changing until death.

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Hay,

When you begin to study law in the UK you’re taught that the law is combination of three basic principles: justice, legislation and morality. This combination means that as society changes it has an impact on the law. In France there is a legal code, something set down which tells you what’s right or wrong. Unless the society is completely static how is this feasible? I guess in conclusion you can’t place the value of justice and mercy above each other, they are intertwined in the same system.

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Lina

Actually, the French legal code doesn't tell what's right or wrong ( these are moral terms ! ), but what the law allows or not, which is quite different. As in England, it will always need adaptations ( for the punishments for example ) : that's why there are judges. We also have what we call "jurisprudences", i.e. precedents which set a custom and are more or less like laws.

Anyway, I agree with you : justice and mercy are intertwined.

chinoise

German Poster,

Are you a philosophy student?

Nendûr

Joo! he likes posting philosophyc posts hehe

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chinoise

I'm afraid justice depends very much on the character of the judge and the jury.