The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy.
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The essence of justice is mercy.
Mercy is what moves us toward God, while justice makes us tremble in his sight.
Nothing can make injustice just but mercy.
For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity.
Too much mercy... often resulted in further crimes which were fatal to innocent victims who need not have been victims if justice had been put first and mercy second.
In one sense I feel that my book is a one-woman argument against determinism.
Whoever feels mercy for the cruel is bound to eventually be cruel to the merciful.
Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice.
I believe in justice, and I believe in people being held responsible for their actions.
There is an important idea in psychology: The 'just world theory,' which says that it is very important for us to convince ourselves that the world is just and things happen for a reason. That there is some elemental fairness in everything, which creates the illusion of justice.
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