Self-Justification

 

"For Great Justice!" by TIM on March 18, 2013  

 Self-justification. What is it? Why do humans do it? Well, as seen in my previous reflective blogs, I, once again, have no answer. By self-justification I mean when a person justifies their actions for something, whatever that "something" may be. This could be something such as "Oh, I've eaten celery today, I can eat this cake and be fine," or "Meh. Who cares? I'm going to get fat anyway." I see this style of self-justification in so many people, including myself. But WHY do people do it? Well, maybe it has to do with justice and forgiveness in someway. Because people justify things to themselves, maybe these people do not see what they are doing as wrong, if it is indeed wrong.
     The concept of "wrong" can be argued, but there are indeed morally wrong things people can agree on, such as murdering another person in cold blood. In the case mentioned above, an inner dialogue of someone eating cake was mentioned. Obviously, this is not cold blooded murder. The scary thing, however, is that a person could potentially justify cold blooded murder with the same thought process. "Oh, this person does not deserve to live. They need to die." ...That is terrifying. If this self-justification exists, then what is true justice? What is truly, truly justice? Justice and justification are different, but are they really? Or is it in the eye of the beholder? Once again, I have no answers. Only speculations and silly analogies about cake and celery. Maybe one day I or someone else will have the answers...but for now, I'm going to go eat some cake.