Mind Mastery

Justice is the ability to cure negative causes, not just "treat" negative effects.

Whenever there is a negative cause/crime, justice is the virtue which cures, fixes or solves the problem as best it can in any given scenario which requires it. 

Justice does not only focus on fixing the effect, theft, rape, murder etc. but it focuses on fixing what caused the effect.

This is the difference between a primitive form of justice and a civilised version.

Justice is the concept of correcting injustice, injustice being violations of morality.

Justice is the correction or prevention of injustice and the curing or remedy of criminal behaviour.

Injustice is a breach of objective morality. 

Justice utilises equity to create the most effective solutions to correct behaviour which caused one to commit a criminal act and to prevent them from doing so again.

It would only be justice to kill a criminal if there was no other options, if all one could do with their power was to kill a criminal, then that would be justice. According to the context, obviously.

If one or society had the power to not kill a criminal and instead apply The Golden Rule Of Equity, then the best choice would be to use the R method.

The R method is the Objectively Moral and correct method when applying justice.

Remedy

Rehab

Resolution

Rectification

Restitution

Torturing someone is never an act of justice. It is always a thoughtless act of sadistic pleasure drawn from a mindset of vengeance.

Locking someone in prison and treating them worse than animals is torture.

You cannot use injustice as a method of justice, it is barbaric incompetence to think it is.

Even if you had caught someone raping your loved one red handed, tying them up and torturing them is not justice. You may fly into a fit of rage and kill them on the spot, which could arguably be reasonable in the specific context. This could be a form of justice as you have prevented the rapists behaviour from continuing to cause harm.

Although, is it the best method to instantly kill a rapist on sight seen?

No, as there may be many mitigating and explanatory circumstances as to why they did what they did. 

Even in the most harsh and evil of cases, torture is never justice and is always an injustice.

Being locked in a cage is the most common form of torture, the loss of ones freedom and dignity is a horrible crime.

True justice can restrict ones freedom, but not to that of an animal, but to that of a rehabilitating patient. it definitely would not take away ones dignity. As this is obviously again an injustice.

Justice in every day life for the individual not working in the professional justice industry looks akin to personal responsibility and having standards of respect for all people.

When an individual witnesses a crime, it is their responsibility to intervene and assist, according to the power they have. Power being physical power, ability to speak the same language to mediate, confidence to act etc..

The standard one walks by is the standard they accept as acceptable happening to them.

The virtue of justice helps to create a community/country/world worth living in.

Justice is the virtue which enables one to feel safe, wherever they are.

When one performs acts of justice, it helps to give them confidence that because they had the courage to act in someones else's time of need, that if they were ever in need, they could rely on a stranger to help them.

Justice is always linked to equity. If the solution to a crime/problem is not what one would like to happen to them if they were on the receiving end, then it is not justice.

Personal acts of justice are when one attempts to remedy an injustice as best they can inside the scope of their power.

Chasing down a handbag theif. Intervening in someone getting bashed. Letting people know it is wrong to vote for government political parties. Informing the police of their immorality. Not paying tax when possible. Aiding one who is getting verbally bullied for not wearing a mask. Protecting a woman from being beaten up by her ex.

Personal justice is one doing the best they can do to correct, prevent or fix wrong behaviour they are present to. 

Professionbal justice is the same thing but on a larger scale and with more physical force to enforce the prescribed justice.

On the personal level, one should use the same R methodology as the professional level.

One can only be expected to do the best they can do, no more and no less.

It is ones resposibility to enact justice to the best of their abilities and their power in the specified context of any unjust situation.

This is point where one begins to move from good to great, when they not only do no wrong, but begin to correct others wrong.

Being good mainly comprises of simply not doing bad, wrong or committing crimes.

But until they begin to actively oppose bad, evil and wrong, to willfully decide to stand against immorality as is reasonable in their capacity to do so, it is hard to say that one is good while they behave like a coward in situations where their justice is required.

Justice is the judgement of a particular act to be wrong, then ones attempt to do the best they can to remedy an injustice, inside of their capabilities.

If one is to be good, they must be able to judge right from wrong.

If one can do this and yet chooses to not act when they witness injustice, then why is this?

It could be because of lack of empathy or it could be because of cowardice.

Not acting in times when one should act does not necessarily make them bad, but it does not make them great either.

If there was little to no risk to one to stand up for the side of right when injustice is occurring, then this severely impacts one's goodness.

If one is speaking to a friend and the friend tells them how they are going to vote for a new president, yet one does not discourage this evil behaviour, then by their omission to act correctly, they made a choice to be bad.

It is not their duty to convince the deranged political voter to change their mind and stop empowering tyrants, but it is their duty to share the truth and to say what they think is right and wrong behaviour and why.

When one does no wrong and stands up for good, then they are good.

When they go above and beyond the expectations to be good is when one can transition into greatness.