Fred L. Pincus stated, "Discrimination Comes in Many Forms: Individual, Institutional and Structural". The distinction among the three lays the constitution of our core values as human beings, groups in a society and society as a whole. So, there's a structure within our society. To attend the issue of discrimination we have to understand the levels at which it is taking place to solve it. The same principle applies to justice. Justice can only be a living reality if it encompasses these three levels.
But, what is justice? Is it the same as law? Is our law system "just"? Unfortunately, the governments and entities of power have separated justice from law. Hence, it is our responsibility as citizens and as human beings to ALWAYS AND ABOVE EVERYTHING respect and protect justice when in conflict with the rule of law. This way, we will be able to align the rule of law with the higher moral values law should protect.
When we have a system that unifies those highest moral values with law and it's existent in all three levels of society, we will truly have social justice.
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