Justice is a complex word teeming with faithful judgment and lawful accusation. The gospel emphasized justice in the world today. What is praying without faith? What is living without justice? Prejudice is an isolated case. Although, in general, our world is in dire need of truth and equality. One prevalent issue that supports this premise is the unsolved cases of murder and other crimes in our country especially of the poor victims. One of which is the Maguindanao massacre. We all know the culprit, yet what concrete actions have we taken to prosecute him? Indeed, the culprit was taken into prison, but he took with him his luxurious belongings such as his mobile phone. Now tell me, where is justice in there?
One dilemma that is in the limelight nowadays is the two-faced ego of some of us. The first kind of face is the religious one, by praying and worshipping regularly, but they don’t actually live the values they learn. And the other one is the people who live out a truly Christian life, yet miss out on Christian obligations. The first face is worse. They are pretentious, deceiving us to fall for what they stand for. These people are the ones behind mass killings, rebellious propaganda, rampant corruption and the like. They seem angelic in the eyes of the people through media, but their inside is rotten. Their actions do nothing but contribute to the widening gap between the rich and the poor.
My call to action for equality, truth and justice to prevail is to be true to one’s self and fellowmen. Let us open a world with accountability and transparency. And most of all let’s live out the values of a true Christian—one who never fails to fulfill his or her Christian obligations and one who lives his life in accordance with Christian dogma and values, exemplifying justice.
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Justice: A Reader
The Limits of Neutrality.(Justice: What's the Right Thing to Do?)(Book review): An article from: Commonweal
Public Philosophy: Essays on Morality in Politics
The Idea of Justice
Liberalism and the Limits of Justice
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