Lyric Waltz: JUSTICE

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

JUSTICE

I’m reading “JUSTICE” by Michael Sandel in Korean. That Korean version copy contains an introductory CD of Michael Sandel’s actual lectures on Justice at Harvard, which encouraged and made me eager to search for the longer clips and I have found the full lectures on the YOUTUBE Harvard page.

I have never pondered about Justice, even when I vigorously talked about how JUSTICE should work in the society and never dreamed of connecting it to Philosophy. I mean I more considered Justice as a manner of commanding rather than that of existing. Then, I came across “JUSTICE” by Michael Sandel which is now offering me a broader insight into the subject.

Before finishing the written version in Korean, I will watch and try to figure out these real lectures first as they are quite compelling. And..

For some reason, the photography “The Afghan girl” by Steve Mccurry came to mind. Probably, before whenever I had to think about Justice, the circumstances were somehow related to sort of conflicts.

I went to Steve Mccurry’s exhibition in March. There, to me, the most intriguing photography was the one named “Vrindavan” taken in India, 1995, which also reminded me of the book “Beneath the Wheel” by Hermann Hesse.

http://www.stevemccurry.com/main.php
http://stevemccurry.wordpress.com/

2 comments:

MIster Wolf said...: Thanks for the tips on Sandel's videos and McCurry's blog.

Without watching the Sandel videos or reading his book, my impression of Justice is that is obviously a desirable social objective. It is, however, usually necessary to correct social transgressions. It is a more important social goal to stop these transgressions occurring in the first place.; May 12, 2011 at 6:39 AM
Jen said...: I've got a gmail that says the following;

Lobo has left a new comment on your post "JUSTICE":

Thanks for the tips on Sandel's videos and McCurry's blog.

Without watching the Sandel videos or reading his book, my impression of Justice is that is obviously a desirable social objective. It is, however, usually necessary to correct social transgressions. It is a more important social goal to stop these transgressions occurring in the first place.

Posted by Lobo to Lyric Waltz at May 12, 2011 6:39 AM

However I can't find it on my actualy page, which is strange.. Anyways it's really nice to see you again here on Blogger, Lobo. :) *bisous*; May 13, 2011 at 6:15 PM

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Wind, Sand and Stars

The earth teaches us more about ourselves than all the books in the world, because it is resistant to us. Self-discovery comes when man measures himself against an obstacle. To attain it, he needs an implement. He needs a carpenter's plane, or a plough. Little by little, as he walks behind the plough, the farmer forces out a few of nature's secrets, and the truth which he uncovers is universal. In the same way the aeroplane, the implement of the airline companies, brings man face to face with all the old problems.

In my mind's eye I still have the image of my first night flight in Argentina. It was a dark night, with only occasional scattered lights glittering like stars on the plain.

Each one, in that ocean of shadows, was a sign of the miracle of consciousness. In one home people were reading, or thinking, or sharing confidences. In another, perhaps, they were searching through space, wearying themselves with the mathematics of the Andromeda nebula. In another they were making love. These small flames shone far apart in the landscape, demanding their fuel. Even the most unassuming of them, the flame of the poet, the teacher or the carpenter. But among these living stars, how many closed windows, how many extinct stars, how many sleeping men...

We must surely seek unity. We must surely seek to communicate with some of those fires burning far apart in the landscape.

*~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery ~*