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Justice In East Asian Civilization

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East Asian civilization had many concepts that contributed to its culture where justice, is a word that if we looked upon the meaning of it, it would have the reflection of an action in accordance with the requirements of some law (James. W. Vice). Harmony is a word that might give a hint of ‘sameness’ where in music it might refer to the musical instrument playing in accordance. Harmony can also refer to people where it is a case in which people live and work with each other in a way that does not destroy things around them. people live and work well with each other, or in a way that does not damage things around them ("Harmony American…”). And virtue is an approach to ethics that contributes to the personal character as a key factor of ethical thinking rather than the rules of the act itself or its consequences (Mastin, Luke). Justice, harmony, and virtue are three unrelated words that compacted together in a way that had a huge impact in shaping the East Asian political life. …show more content…

Justice also is about proper shares, which is similar to mutual obligation where it could target the question of the proper share of company money or the share of family possessions that you can claim as a child. This concept is similar to the western translation of the word justice which is pointing to your right in a share of some financial item but in the East Asian culture, it has a tendency to reflect more meaning for the mutual obligation point of view (Magagna,

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