How is justice shaped by our own beliefs and perspectives and how is it shaped by the society we live in? Use examples to help support your response. Your response is required to have a thesis statement. 250 words.
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2019-2020 English I Honors 
Justice is shaped by multiple things in our society. At first in the early years of our lives justice is only shaped by our personal experiences of getting in trouble or being told when something is wrong and when something is correct. However, as we get older justice began to change into our society and how justice is served in a court of law and though the entire justice system. Overall, justice is shaped in small portions by our personal experiences, and greatly by legal processes in our society today. Many people see justice served in many different ways. Justice could be getting karma for what you’ve done, or all the way up to a life sentence. Justice is shaped by lots of things in our minds. We can overreact, or underreact to certain topics. Your beliefs play a large role in justice as well. You will always see things in a different light than other people will. For example if someone commits murder, one person could believe they deserve a second chance, while someone else could see they deserve a life sentence, and another could think that they deserve a death penatly. This is all shaped by our personal beliefs and how we perceive the world around us. However, justice is also majorly shaped in our minds by our society and the justice system we live in. Many people due to our court of law see justice as always being fair and never wrong. People will get what people deserve and this is shaped by our society which is not always correct. Justice can be shaped by many factors but the major ones include our society and our personal beliefs. However, societal thinking can be so overpowering that our own morals and ideas will be shut down and start turning into what ever our society thinks is just and fair.
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When we are born our perspective of “justice” is shaped by our parents ideas of what is wrong or right. Some think that we rely on society to choose how justice is served but I believe the older we are the more we search our experiences to see how we handled situations and that helps us determine how to better the situation. Before we abolished slavery many thought that it was increasing our economy but in reality it was destroying families and hurting people we used for labor. Many thought justice for those with different skin colors was to do our labor for us and to work because the majority thought it was ok and thought we overpowered them because of our skin color, but in reality back then we relied on what society thought was right. The longer we did that the more people fought against what society thought and in turn helped free the enslaved. They fought against it because they saw the effects of it and saw what people experienced so they helped to get the justice they deserve. ~ Savannah
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Justice is what you believe will set everything right, or when things will be safe and happy. This is impacted by your own beliefs, and society. All of the people in societies’ opinions’ get put together to help shape justice, and your opinion could be taken more serious the higher authority you have. Justice means different things to different people, so not everybody will be happy with the outcome that others call justice. For example, a police officer could arrest somebody for dealing drugs, and call that “justice”, but for the person being arrested, it is not. As the human race grows, justice keeps changing. In the early 20th century for example, people of African American descent were treated differently than white people, and at that time, most people didn’t even see what was wrong with society. Figures like Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks lived to change that, and eventually got justice when African Americans received equal rights. The meaning of Justice will never stop changing, and a lot of people will let others make decisions for them.
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Justice is fairness and equality towards others. Justice is shaped by society, perspective, and beliefs. Justice is shaped by society because as society changes so does justice. For example: when America released the Declaration of Independence in 1776 they got justice because they were now finally free from England, but now an example of justice being served is when kids get to eat unhealthy food at school lunch again. Justice is affected by point of view as well. For example: when a killer is convicted, the family whose relative is dead gets justice, but the killer does not feel justice is served. All aspects of society, including justice are shaped by beliefs. An example of justice being shaped by beliefs is: in the Middle East, if someone was caught stealing, it was believed cutting the hand off of the thief was justice being served because they could not steal with that hand again.
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Justice is the state of being fair. In society justice is often formed by the beliefs of everyone because everyone’s beliefs and perspectives are different. Since everyone is different, everyone is forced to think a certain different way. When we are young however justice is shaped by personal experiences, but when we grow it often depends on what others think. For example, in the court system certain things could get blown way out of proportion because of the way one person sees things. Beliefs could also factor into the whole idea of justice. For example when a murder happens someone might believe in second chances, and the fact that the murder can change, and believes they shouldn’t deserve a life sentence in jail or death. But another person might believe that, that is a capital crime and they deserve no second chance whatsoever.
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Justice in our society means being fair. Nonetheless, this idea of “fairness” could be different from everyone, in the sense that it is also connected to what is right or wrong. There are multiple factors that play in everyone’s idea of justice. Religion, childhood, and even the place we live in now can determine the way we see justice. One person may see that justice is everyone getting the same as everyone else, like each person gets an apple. However, one might seem that justice is giving the apple to someone who needs it more, since they see that as right. If a person has a happy childhood, they can see the good in people and see more positive ways of justice. Now let’s say another has a rough childhood, they could begin to see that justice is more cruel than what the other might have thought. Everything that happens to humanity shapes the way they think. If the only thing we see is the negatives this world, we begin to think that justice deserves the same treatment, that nothing is truly fair. Society would need to focus more of the rights of the world to influence the belief that justice is fair and right. Change the perspective, change the ideas, and you will begin to see the effects of these changes to society. To show society that justice can mean more positive than what it might seem like. To have something to believe in rather than just give up. To give humankind hope that justice is honorable rather than horrible.
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Justice is the state of being right or fair. However, this definition is perceived differently by everyone. One person might believe that fairness is treating everyone equally, while another may believe that it is only fair that someone struggling is treated more kindly than another. Or the opposite. I believe that one’s childhood can greatly impact how they view justice. For example, if one had an unhappy childhood, they may see being “just” as more of a negative thing than someone who had a good childhood. Personal experiences can affect how one treats other people, and how they view themselves. How one views themselves can also have an impact, because if someone has a low self esteem, they may believe that they don’t deserve “justice”. The definition of justice is also shaped by the society we live in, because the way people treat others can begin to impact everyone’s perspectives the same way personal experiences do. For example, if one treats someone poorly, justice can become more of a vengeful thing. But, if one treats another kindly, justice can become a positive thing, because it would be “just” that they are treated well in return. People who are kind and treat others the way they would want to be treated, will be considered deserving of kindness and all things good; which is one perspective of justice. However, someone who is cruel to others could be considered of deserving to be treated poorly in return so they know how it feels. This is also a perspective of “justice”, because someone may believe that is what’s right or fair.
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During our childhood justice is shaped by our parents. If we do something wrong they discipline us with whatever punishment they find right for the situation. This is how we see justice as children but as we get older it can change. As we grow up we get more experience in real world situations and see how people get justice with laws. We see how more extreme crimes get worse punishments. People can get anything from a warning to a life sentence in jail. We see how each crime gets a different punishment and learn the severity of our actions. Justice is shaped in our lives by our childhood and seeing punishments for certain things.
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When we are born our perspective of “Justice” is based on what our parents consider weather what is good and bad and what is justice. Justice is seen as a way of fairness for a person or individual, since our society is so different in so many ways, justice in this way is shaped differently. When we are younger we are seen using justice in our own personal perspectives, whether its religion,home,politics and others perspectives.but once we get older and have a better understanding of the term “justice” our views change along down the road. For example justice can be termed as right or fairness. For example when using justice in politics.. It is considered that crimes and wrong-doing to be an offense, say someone steals from a gas station, if caught, They must either return the item or pay, that’s a way of justice or fairness, but in some cases that can be determined by the course of action or who the person is. Sometimes people use justice to their advantage depending who they are and make the course of action either harmless or life affecting. Justice is mostly seen through people’s point of views or beliefs, which is very important in this case, your opinion of the term justice will always be different than what others think or believe, for example a murder case, one might believe they deserve a second chance or the other might believe they deserve life in prison. This is all seen as our point of view of the term justice and what we as people believe in.
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When we are born, how we preserve justice is shaped by our parents and our society, depending on our faith and beliefs, we may believe justice will be sentenced by the courts or government, others believe that life will give you what you deserve, with “Carma” or the “After Life”. Justice also doesn’t mean just what you get for doing wrong things, depending on your perspective on life, it could depend on if justice is good or bad.
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When we are children, many believe that our idea of justice is mainly based on our parents ideas of justice because we don’t have many experiences to go on except the ones that we’ve experienced with our parents. When we grow older we start to see other opinions on justice with our own experiences in society. Such as seeing other examples or sides of an opinion and you get to change how you view things because you now have more experience with things and you can create your own version of justice
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Justice is shaped by perspectives and beliefs because that is what gives us the feeling if something is just or not and it is shaped by society because that is what gives us our beliefs and perspectives.For example, in court cases. When the two sides are telling their story back and forth and the layers are defending. The jury perspective can change because of how they hear the story. That combined with their personal beliefs that we get from society is what shapes their view on what justice looks like in that case. This is why the jury might be split and they don’t all think the same because people have different views and perspectives and because of that we view justice differently.
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Google says that justice is “based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair”. I believe justice is what society believes is right or appropriate depending on certain circumstances and beliefs. For example, in A Lesson Before Dying Jefferson was sentenced to death. The jury and society thought this was fair based on their belief that because Jefferson was black he was guilty. It also didn’t help that the whole jury was white. Lets take the popular topic of abortion. You might believe that it is wrong because you are a Christian and the bible says all life taking is murder, but your hanging out with a group of friends who strongly believe that abortion should be a woman choice. What do you do? Do you stay with your own belief or do you sway towards their side because you believe that being liked is more important than standing up for your own opinion. This happens a lot to people in society today. Their opinion is swayed to the popular opinion in fear of being ridiculed. This could have been the case for the jury of Jefferson’s trial. One man of the jury might have thought that he was innocent. But since it was the unpopular opinion to side with blacks he kept quiet.
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Justice is if something is fair. In our world that we live in justice is formed by everyone’s opinions and if they think that the punishment or whatever is fair. Even though all of our experiences are different we are all persuaded to think a certain way even though all of our experiences are different. When we are younger in our lives we think that justice is formed by our personal experiences but then when we get older our beliefs are changed not on our personal experiences but rather what society thinks is publicly correct. One example of this is in the court system where as everyone in that room has had different experiences that make them who they are.
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Justice is shaped by how society sees you. The definition of Justice is just behavior or treatment. I am going to use an example of slavery to prove my point even though this took place a while ago. When people would accuse a slave or a African American of doing something wrong or injust to them, they would always win the case no matter what. The society back then viewed those types of people as so bad for no reason that they could not help but be the victim in every circumstance. Another way that justice is shaped, is by our beliefs. If you believe in a religion or something that not many other people believe in they may think you are weird or treat you differently than others. In a book that we read recently ‘A Lesson Before Dying’ showed this more than anything. A African American that was accused of murder and stealing was taken to court for his and found guillty even though he didnt do it. He ended up dying for these crimes he didn’t commit. Overall you should be treated as fair as anyone else, but because of what people believe or how others see you, you may not get this treatment.
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