Written by Walter Lu (PH ’24) Justice “Of all the things of a man’s soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil.” This idea, which Plato establishes in The Republic, still resonates in modern society. Whenever an apparently unjust verdict provokes the public, the following question arises: …
Reaching the Asymptote: The Relationship Between Justice and Law Read More »
Newton’s First Law of Motion dictates that an object will remain at rest unless acted upon by an external force. Likewise, in contemporary politics, civil disobedience is the external force to alter the status quo of injustice and oppression. Civil disobedience refers to the use of peaceful, non-violent demonstrations to disobey certain unjust laws by …
Civil Disobedience: Necessary Evil Against Injustice? Read More »
Authoritarianism is an almost inherent culture imbedded in Russia’s capricious political shifts in the past century. Throughout Russian history, even stretching to as early as the era of Kievan Rus, Russian leaders have virtually invariably used their monopoly on violence and coercion, as a means to maintain their power and authority over the people; this …
The Russian State: Origin, Critique, and Proposal Read More »
