What is justice?

1. What is justice? Take a few minutes to define this term in your notebook.

2. From Dictionary.com (refine your definition) 1. the quality of being just; righteousness, equitableness, or moral rightness: to uphold the justice of a cause. 2. rightfulness or lawfulness, as of a claim or title; justness of ground or reason: to complain with justice. 3. the moral principle determining just conduct. 4. conformity to this principle, as manifested in conduct; just conduct, dealing, or treatment. 5. the administering of deserved punishment or reward. 6. the maintenance or administration of what is just by law, as by judicial or other proceedings: a court of justice. 7. judgment of persons or causes by judicial process: to administer justice in a community.

3. Merriam Webster (relate to your own life) 1 a: the maintenance or administration of what is just especially by the impartial adjustment of conflicting claims or the assignment of merited rewards or punishments b: judge c: the administration of law; especially: the establishment or determination of rights according to the rules of law or equity 2 a: the quality of being just, impartial, or fair b (1): the principle or ideal of just dealing or right action (2): conformity to this principle or ideal : righteousness c: the quality of conforming to law 3 :conformity to truth, fact, or reason : correctness

4. 9/20: What is Justice in my life? Write a story about a time in your life when you feel that either a grave injustice has been done to you or when justice has prevailed for you. In your story, describe: What happened. How it relates to justice (or injustice). Your reaction to the situation. Why you are happy with what happened or what you wish had happened.