As we discovered in class, it's okay if your personal definition of justice isn't 100% consistent. It's also okay to realize that something is unjust and still do it anyway. Most people, if not all, are willing to tolerate some amount of injustice in our lives.
1.
Our school’s dress code (and the enforcement thereof).
2.
Illegally downloading copyrighted music.
3.
Throwing loud, raucous parties that last late into the
night.
4.
Establishing 21 as the legal age to purchase and
consume alcohol.
5.
Expecting all students – regardless of race, social
class, gender, and intellectual ability – to pass the same standardized test.
6.
Censorship of school newspapers and yearbooks.
7.
Censorship of violent and pornographic entertainment.
8.
Censorship of hate speech.
9.
Protecting the environment in the United States at the
cost of jobs by preventing practices such as oil drilling, hydrolic fracking,
and logging.
10. Protecting
the environment in the United States by using energy efficient devices such as
electric cars and solar panels.
11. Exporting
the environmental damage caused by the production of car batteries and solar
panels to third world countries.
12. Eating
babies.
13. Eating
bacon.
14. Factory
farming meat as opposed to raising free range livestock for meat.
15. Publishing
all government documents – including tax codes, warning signs, and driver’s
exams – in English only.
16. Providing
the highest quality medical care only to those who can afford
to pay for it.
17. Providing health care to all citizens, which may reduce access to essential
care for some.
18. Paying
professional athletes millions of dollars.
19. Detonating
a suicide bomb on a crowded city bus.
20. Dropping
bombs from military jets.
21. Dropping
bombs from a drone.
22. Torturing
a person to gain important military information.
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