by Janet Heller Howell | Sep 25, 2019 | Justice
Divine Justice demands that the rights of both sexes should be equally respected since neither is superior to the other in the eyes of Heaven. Dignity before God depends, not on sex, but on purity and luminosity of heart. Human virtues belong equally to all! ~...
by Janet Heller Howell | Sep 18, 2019 | Justice
What is keeping rape in our society is silence. The silence [of women] is really a strong tool of rapists, so they can go on destroying girls and women. If she stays in silence, she can be raped again and again. And she can’t protect others. One of the implications of...
by Janet Heller Howell | Sep 11, 2019 | Justice
Justice is a broad and hazy subject. It is one of the most elusive and debatable concepts known to humankind, and disagreements over its meaning have spawned revolutions, religions, and civil wars. I do not advance here some grand and novel theory of justice. But what...
by Janet Heller Howell | Sep 4, 2019 | Justice
…social justice means the implementation and realization of human rights as defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ratified by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1948 with the addition of the right to a productive, safe, and clean...
by Janet Heller Howell | Aug 28, 2019 | Justice
One of my favorite books when I was young was T. H. White’s The Once and Future King, and one of its central themes is the attempt of King Arthur to replace an ethos of “might is right” with something closer to justice. Justice means everyone is equal under the...