Justice exists in the human realm. When plant succession leads to one species-type replacing another no plant cries "foul." When a snake comes upon a mouse hole and enters and eats its inhabitants there is no picketing for justice by other mice! However a sentimental human may see these occurrences and try to superimpose a belief and come up with an interpretation that an injustice has occurred. Without the existence of humans it can be said that there is no concept of justice.
Only if humans were not really human - all exactly equal - would justice be a non-concept. And so in reality justice is an omnipresent concept that is interwoven throughout all of human action. Of course human beliefs again come into play and so interpretations of what is just and what is unjust are innumerable and varied. One of the consequences of living in the Dark Ages of economics has to do with a very poor understanding of human action and this is significantly aggravated by not understanding that the appropriate scientific methodology for the study of human sciences is subjectivism. With these biases in place it is safe to say that justice is a slippery concept.
However justice can be known by its fruits. The drive in socialism and communism to create equality is ironically the cause of great injustices because it runs contrary to natural law. First of all it is unjust to forcibly apply an unrealistic nature on humans. The fruits of this kind of 'justice' are rotten. The political class that tries to impose equality on the masses enjoy the great inequality of being the ordained ego-driven interventionist and ego-driven interpreter, with all of its perks. This rotten fruit of injustice cannot be considered justice. The squelching of the creative expressions of naturally subjective human beings requires force and so many of the 'equals' will have to be either killed or incarcerated. This is another rotten fruit of this kind of injustice. Those who meekly abide by the will of the overlords have no chance of developing any ethics as they are simply told what to do and how to behave and what to believe. This supposedly creates a condition of 'equality' by forcing humans to be slave-like but anyone with any brains or any morals know instinctively and intuitively that this is a rotten fruit.
Justice is that which enhances voluntary social cooperation. By this definition humans are given the freedom to express themselves and to contribute to an ever-advancing civilization.
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Friday, March 21, 2014
Sunday, October 20, 2013
Human Law-makers Are Ego-Driven, Destroyers Of Justice.
Humans can discover the laws of the universe and of the Law-Maker but because of their finite minds only those who are ego-driven think that they can make laws, and those laws are corrupt and lead to injustices!
“As long as it is admitted that the law may be diverted from its true purpose--that it may violate property instead of protecting it--then everyone will want to participate in making the law, either to protect himself against plunder or to use it for plunder.”
― Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
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“As long as it is admitted that the law may be diverted from its true purpose--that it may violate property instead of protecting it--then everyone will want to participate in making the law, either to protect himself against plunder or to use it for plunder.”
― Frédéric Bastiat, The Law
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Saturday, September 28, 2013
Justice Is Contingent On The Absence Of Economic Intervention.
That which promotes and nurtures social cooperation is just. Justice is a high ideal aspired for in all civilizations and all societies that are not in the stage of decline and destruction. One irony is that the reason for the decline and destruction of a civilization or society is because of the absence of justice.
Ignorance of what promotes and nutures social cooperation can be identified as a cause of the deterioration and degeneration. Living in these times - the Dark Ages of economics - it is obvious that the foolish superstitions of the so-called experts destroy the bonds of social cooperation and undermine justice.
The economic equilibrium forces inherent in the market processes are infinitely beyond the comprehension of the limited comprehension of human minds and only those who are ego-driven can make the absurd claim that they can anticipate all of the consequences of their meddling. The State hungers to skew the artificial bounties of intervention as long as possible and it does everything it can to enable the intervention and the ego-driven interventionists. All of this thievery and scheming is unjust.
Not only is the absence of justice the cause of the decline and destruction but the counteracting force is the return of the appearance of justice.
The greatest cause of injustice in the world today is economic interventionism.
Thankfully there now exists the perfect vehicle for the dismantling and termination of economic interventionism. It is the regression theorem of intervention. Using the regression theorem of intervention all economic interventionism and all of the crimes and injustices associated with each act of economic intervention can be traced back to its origin and its originator.
The other half of the equation is to remove the monopoly power of the justice system from control of the State. Since the State is the primary beneficiary and enabler of economic intervention it is impossible that it can also be expected to be an unbiased judge. This is an overwhelming reason to remove that specific monopoly power from the State.
When there is justice there will be no economic intervention because the regression theorem of intervention would readily identify the perpetrators of injustice and this deterrent alone will erase this plague of the Dark Ages of economics and humankind will enter into a golden age.
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Ignorance of what promotes and nutures social cooperation can be identified as a cause of the deterioration and degeneration. Living in these times - the Dark Ages of economics - it is obvious that the foolish superstitions of the so-called experts destroy the bonds of social cooperation and undermine justice.
The economic equilibrium forces inherent in the market processes are infinitely beyond the comprehension of the limited comprehension of human minds and only those who are ego-driven can make the absurd claim that they can anticipate all of the consequences of their meddling. The State hungers to skew the artificial bounties of intervention as long as possible and it does everything it can to enable the intervention and the ego-driven interventionists. All of this thievery and scheming is unjust.
Not only is the absence of justice the cause of the decline and destruction but the counteracting force is the return of the appearance of justice.
The greatest cause of injustice in the world today is economic interventionism.
Thankfully there now exists the perfect vehicle for the dismantling and termination of economic interventionism. It is the regression theorem of intervention. Using the regression theorem of intervention all economic interventionism and all of the crimes and injustices associated with each act of economic intervention can be traced back to its origin and its originator.
The other half of the equation is to remove the monopoly power of the justice system from control of the State. Since the State is the primary beneficiary and enabler of economic intervention it is impossible that it can also be expected to be an unbiased judge. This is an overwhelming reason to remove that specific monopoly power from the State.
When there is justice there will be no economic intervention because the regression theorem of intervention would readily identify the perpetrators of injustice and this deterrent alone will erase this plague of the Dark Ages of economics and humankind will enter into a golden age.
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Sunday, March 31, 2013
Justice Starts With The Discovery Of The Laws Of Human Action.
As laws are discovered - as the laws that pertain to the human reality are discovered - then the possibilities for justice become much greater. Therefore it is imperative that a new approach is taken. Part of this new approach consists of abandoning of all of the laws that were simply legislated by the ego-driven interpreters and the ego-driven interventionists (ie. the State and its agents) and that formed out of the quagmire of moral relativity.
Here is one example of the discovery of these laws and how they strengthen justice in human civilization. The study of praxeology (and its subset economics using the subjectivist methodology) has found many operable laws for us to examine.
The disutiltiy of labor is a law in operation in the realm of human action. In simple terms every person would prefer to leisurely pursue what interests them, rather than and over, the requirement to sacrifice their leisure to perform work. This work is a necessary requirement to be able to generate income for sustenance and if possible to afford the pursuit of leisure. This phenomenon is called the disutility of labor and it is a law.
Consider the implications this has for justice. If I violate someone's property rights then I will be required to compensate them for the damage. Because of my disutility of labor the consequent dissatisfaction that I would potentially experience would minimize or eliminate my careless violation of another's property rights. As a result the society will have a strengthened sphere of justice and the civilization will be able to advance.
It is the discovery of the laws of human action which are at the foundation of human civilization. It is time to build civilization from the ground up!
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Here is one example of the discovery of these laws and how they strengthen justice in human civilization. The study of praxeology (and its subset economics using the subjectivist methodology) has found many operable laws for us to examine.
The disutiltiy of labor is a law in operation in the realm of human action. In simple terms every person would prefer to leisurely pursue what interests them, rather than and over, the requirement to sacrifice their leisure to perform work. This work is a necessary requirement to be able to generate income for sustenance and if possible to afford the pursuit of leisure. This phenomenon is called the disutility of labor and it is a law.
Consider the implications this has for justice. If I violate someone's property rights then I will be required to compensate them for the damage. Because of my disutility of labor the consequent dissatisfaction that I would potentially experience would minimize or eliminate my careless violation of another's property rights. As a result the society will have a strengthened sphere of justice and the civilization will be able to advance.
It is the discovery of the laws of human action which are at the foundation of human civilization. It is time to build civilization from the ground up!
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Concept Of Time And The Alpha And Omega.
But human knowledge cannot ever ascend past the concept of time.
It is bound to time. To gain knowledge beyond this realm requires an Alpha and
an Omega! The knowledge given to the Manifestations of God transcends time.
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contributions to the story of human evolution.
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Monday, August 6, 2012
Creating An Environment Of Liberty And Justice.
Divine economy theory has a role to play in the spiritual, social,
and intellectual development of individuals for many reasons. First of all, it
is comprehensive of all disciplines from its very beginning to its end. It is
all about creating an environment of liberty and justice so that the flow of
knowledge is always at its maximum. “It is essential that scholars and the
spiritually learned should undertake in all sincerity and purity of intent and
for the sake of God alone, to counsel and exhort the masses and clarify their vision
with that collyrium which is knowledge.” [157]
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[157] Abdu'l-Baha,
The Secret
of Divine Civilization, (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1990), p. 39.
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Friday, August 3, 2012
Taking Charge of Development.
Peace and prosperity are imminent. “A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of
culture and civilization.” [156] Each step along the way raises the
capacity of the population to take charge of its own spiritual, social, and
intellectual development.
[156] Ludwig von Mises, Economic Policy: Thoughts for
Today and Tomorrow, The Third Edition, (Ludwig von Mises Institute,
2006), pp. 89-90.
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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Justice And Liberty Nurture The Human Reality.
Justice protects the human reality and liberty allows
for the expression of the human reality. In an environment of liberty and
justice the ultimate end of social cooperation is attained again and again as
part of the process of an ever-advancing civilization.
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Thursday, July 19, 2012
Justice Implies Strengthening Weaknesses.
Yet it would be a mistake to think that religion
or these sciences are complete – because knowledge is infinite. Ours is the
honor to pursue it. Divine economy theory found weaknesses in macroeconomics
and microeconomics and in the link between ethics and economics and it found a
very weak theoretical connection between law and economics.
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Thursday, June 14, 2012
Social Code Essentials!
Impelled
by the spirit of the age and the needs of the times we voluntarily choose
theocracy. “Does not the very operation of the world-unifying forces that are
at work in this age necessitate that He Who is the Bearer of the Message of God
in this day should not only reaffirm that self-same exalted standard of
individual conduct inculcated by the Prophets gone before Him, but embody in
His appeal, to all governments and peoples, the essentials of that social code,
that Divine Economy, which must guide humanity's concerted efforts in
establishing that all-embracing federation which is to signalize the advent of
the Kingdom of God on this earth?” [154]
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[154] Shoghi
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
A Priori Knowledge Of The Oneness Of Humankind.
Evidence
shows that people are moving all around the world such that ‘one human race’ is
becoming a priori knowledge not requiring a second thought, setting the stage
for this next development in the evolution of the principle of the oneness of
humankind. The fragmented and parochial laws cannot suffice. Appropriately, law
is what God delivers to us through His Manifestation. “The Laws of God are not
imposition of will, or of power, or pleasure, but the resolutions of truth,
reason and justice.” [153]
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[153] Abdu'l-Baha, Paris Talks, (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1995), p. 154.
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Organic Change In The Structure Of Present-Day Society.
The oneness of the logical structure of all of us
binds us together and our conclusion – worldwide – is that there is and there
needs to be an organic change in the structure of present-day society. This
knowledge is deeper than it has ever been before and it is precisely from this
kind of heartfelt experience and thought that a new civilization begins.
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Monday, April 16, 2012
Flexibility Combined With Rock-Solid Stability.
The beauty of an organic and divine system is its flexibility combined with its rock-solid stability. The system of Baha’u’llah “will, as its component parts, its organic institutions, begin to function with efficiency and vigor, assert its claim and demonstrate its capacity to be regarded not only as the nucleus but the very pattern of the New World Order destined to embrace in the fullness of time the whole of mankind.” [146]
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[146] Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah: Selected Letters by Shoghi Effendi, (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982), p. 144.
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Sunday, April 8, 2012
The Most Democratic System Besides The Market.
And now we will consider the most democratic system (without the evils inherent in manmade democratic systems) ever known or expressed by humankind, that is, besides the market. It is called the Nineteen Day Feast. Once every Baha’i month (there are nineteen days in each month in a Baha’i calendar) the community gathers together for prayers, fellowship and consultation. At the Feast the individuals consult among themselves and also with the institution of the local Spiritual Assembly, offering suggestions and recommendations to the Assembly for further consultation by them.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The Consultative Method Combines Wisdom And Discovery.
One of the primary skills needed, developed, and used in the Houses of Justice and throughout the whole of the Baha’i community life is consultation. “Bahá'u'lláh has established consultation as one of the fundamental principles of His Faith and has exhorted the believers to ‘take counsel together in all matters. He describes consultation as ‘the lamp of guidance which leadeth the way’ and as ‘the bestower of understanding’.” [143] This is a sound method for combining wisdom and discovery. “The unfettered freedom of the individual should be tempered with mutual consultation and sacrifice, and the spirit of initiative and enterprise should be reinforced by a deeper realization of the supreme necessity for concerted action and a fuller devotion to the common weal.” [144]
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[143] Baha'u'llah, Kitab-i-Aqdas, (Bahá'í World Centre, 1992), p. 190.
[144] Shoghi Effendi, Baha'i Administration, (US Bahá’í Publishing Trust, 1974), p. 87.
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Thursday, March 22, 2012
Justice Has A Purpose!!!
Also in every city a Local Spiritual Assembly (which will in due time evolve into a local House of Justice) is prayerfully elected every year and that body of nine individuals takes counsel together “to choose that which is meet and seemly.” [140] The measure of that which is meet and seemly is the principle of divine justice which is “the crowning distinction of all Local and National Assemblies, in their capacity as forerunners of the Universal House of Justice.” [141] “The purpose of justice is the appearance of unity among men. . . The organization of the world and the tranquillity of mankind depend upon it." [142]
[140] Baha'u'llah, Kitab-i-Aqdas, (Bahá'í World Centre, 1992), p. 29.
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[140] Baha'u'llah, Kitab-i-Aqdas, (Bahá'í World Centre, 1992), p. 29.
[141] Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1990), p. 27.
[142] Shoghi Effendi, The Advent of Divine Justice, (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1990), p. 28.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Visualizing Order And Justice!
The House of Justice is really like one institution at three levels.
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Thursday, March 8, 2012
Twin Institutions Unique To This Order.
Put into the context of classical liberalism with an appreciation of Aristotelean philosophy Shoghi Effendi captures the essence of these twin institutions: “The hereditary authority which the Guardian is called upon to exercise, the vital and essential functions which the Universal House of Justice discharges, the specific provisions requiring its democratic election by the representatives of the faithful -- these combine to demonstrate the truth that this divinely revealed Order, which can never be identified with any of the standard types of government referred to by Aristotle in his works, embodies and blends with the spiritual verities on which it is based the beneficent elements which are to be found in each one of them.” [136]
[136] Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah: Selected Letters by Shoghi Effendi, (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982), p. 154.
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Tuesday, March 6, 2012
There Is A Divine Order Structure Each Time.
The structure of this divine order culminates in a divine civilization with a divine economy.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
A System Of Justice Is Emerging, Naturally And Purposefully.
It may be a little difficult for a disinterested observer, so early on, to appreciate the importance or the scope of the Administrative Order that is being practiced by the worldwide Baha’i community. “Let no one, while this System is still in its infancy, misconceive its character, belittle its significance or misrepresent its purpose. The bedrock on which this Administrative Order is founded is God's immutable Purpose for mankind in this day. The Source from which it derives its inspiration is no one less than Bahá'u'lláh Himself.” [133]
[133] Shoghi Effendi, The World Order of Baha'u'llah: Selected Letters by Shoghi Effendi, (Bahá'í Publishing Trust, 1982), p. 156.
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