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As people, we do not have the hindsight to realise all flaws. Amelioration only comes with struggle. Justice is a continuous reach, rather than an end-goal.

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How do we as a people define justice? How do we as a society collectively interpret it? To coexists, we must sacrifice some of our ideals.

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The rule of law is set and established by a select group of people. There are no laws set in place that the group of people making and enforcing the laws have to reflect what the community looks like. So, we end up with predominantly rich white males making the laws, in which everyone abides by.  Therefore, the rule of law does not reflect the values of a society as a whole, making the system of laws inherently unjust.  If the rules do not reflect the ideals of a society, then it is impossible for there to be justice from the start.  To build a society that is just, there must first be a foundation that is just itself.  However, the values of society are fluid so, that presents a problem in itself. It would be extremely difficult to build a system of laws that allowed for changing values yet, was able to function on the day to day basis.

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The rule of law is the well-defined establishment of ideals that society intendeds to uphold.

The rule of law are the society's goals of ways to conduct their affairs.  If the rule of laws are upheld, then justice has been attained.

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Considering formalism, equity, and the rule of law, is our American Justice System just or unjust?

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Considering formalism, equity, and the rule of law, is our American Justice System just or unjust?

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The American justice system has been formed through years of social progress; historically moving along through first progress in the law from a few minds, then a change in the minds of the overall society. The american justice system overall promotes an air of justice, as otherwise we would not have attorney's trying to tell the full story with the idea of equity. In practice, however, the reality of the American Justice system is quite different.

The human consciousness depends upon looking at other's experiences in relation to your own, therefore having any majority is a dangerous idea. The American government system in general is ruled by the idea of a majority rule, while listening to the voices of the minority. However, in doing this, we sacrifice the idea of pure justice in order to keep anarchy from ruling our society.

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Because the formalist justice system, there was no consideration to Billy Budd's unique situation, and there was injustice done to him. If the justice system was not so formal, and took into consideration Billy Budd's situation, they could have helped Billy Budd, as apposed to terminating him.

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Equality is treating everyone the same no matter the situation.

Justice is a moral idea in which addressing an unfair situation consistent with the society's ideals.

The idea of Justice is that a wrong should be made right and upheld that way, which can only be done by everyone, oppressed or not being outraged by the mere presence of injustice. If equality is looking at right and wrong strictly without any consideration for the situation behind it, there can be no justice as the human consciousness depends on differing perspectives to progress.

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Equity is treating each situation differently and being fair based on individual needs.

Equality is treating everyone the same no matter the situation.

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How do we as a people define justice.  Without a functioning definition that the collective society sets in place, there is no way to discern whether or not justice is attainable.  So, how does America as a society define justice.  I, as an individual can define justice as certain way, but if America does not have to match my standard to claim justice.

However, I believe in human rights that help the minorities. The majority of people, being white people and wealthy people, are blind to the systematic inequality that the American justice system breeds. Rich white men, should not be making a decisions like they know what is best for minorities. Majorities will never know what it like to live like a minority, and therefore should not make broad generalizations for them witht the law.

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No one experiences life in the same way.  By setting general standard to hold people to, is unjust. We cannot create a machine like system to judge people. If this were ever to happen, the amount of citizens in jail would be a catastrophe in itself.

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Formalism is a way of judging other people in a law system.  It is strict and unbending, judging everyone by the same standards.