Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He defines justice as humanity's collective conscience, noting that conscience recognizes justice.
- In plain terms
- Justice is humanity's conscience; those who hear conscience hear justice.
- What can you take from it?
- Justice and collective conscience are fundamentally linked.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What is justice to you?
- How do you hear conscience?
Another view
People disagree on what conscience or justice requires.
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