并集罗盘
What does justice demand?
Justice appears across the traditions — but what it means differs. Retributive justice, restorative justice, cosmic balance, prophetic redistribution, karmic accounting: the word is shared, the content diverges. Yet a thread recurs across most of the pool: the vulnerable have a claim.
十二个传统作出回应
Buddhism
The Cakkavatti-sihanada Sutta teaches that poverty breeds crime. The just ruler relieves want. Justice is structural, not merely punitive.
"Thus, brethren, from goods not being bestowed on the destitute poverty grew rife; from poverty growing rife stealing increased, from the spread of stealing violence grew apace, from the growth of violence the destruction of life became common, from the frequency of murder both the span of life in those beings and their comeliness also wasted away." — Cakkavatti-sihanada Sutta
Hinduism
Dharma is the cosmic order; justice aligns with it. The king's duty (rajadharma) is to protect the weak. Karma ensures ultimate balance.
dharma·karma
Jainism
Non-violence is the highest justice. Retribution perpetuates karma. The just response breaks the cycle.
ahiṃsā
Judaism
Tzedek, tzedek tirdof — justice, justice shall you pursue. The prophets rage against empty ritual that ignores the widow, orphan, and poor.
tzedek·mishpat
"But let justice well up as waters, And righteousness as a mighty stream." — Amos 5:24
Christianity
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness. The preferential option for the poor is a litmus test of justice.
"He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?" — Micah 6:8
Islam
Adl (justice) is commanded even if it goes against yourself or your kin. Zakāt redistributes wealth; the scales will balance on the Day.
ʿadl·zakāt
"O ye who believe! stand fast to justice, when ye bear witness before God, though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kindred, whether the party be rich or poor… Therefore follow not passion, lest ye swerve from truth." — Quran 4:135
Sikhism
Honest livelihood (kirat karo) and sharing with others (vand chhako) are justice in daily life. Exploitation is sin against the One.
kirat karo·vand chhako
"The milk of the honest is blessed; the blood of the bribed is cursed." — Guru Granth Sahib
Zoroastrianism
Asha is truth-and-righteousness fused. Justice aligns with the cosmic order; injustice serves Druj, the Lie.
Asha
"Righteousness is the best good." — Yasna 27:14
Baha'i
Justice is the best beloved of all things in the sight of God. It enables one to see with one's own eyes.
"The best beloved of all things in My sight is Justice." — Hidden Words
Confucianism
Yi (righteousness) is doing what is fitting. The ruler who abandons the people loses the Mandate of Heaven.
yì·tiānmìng
"The people are the most important element in a nation; the spirits of the land and grain are the next; the sovereign is the lightest." — Mencius
Taoism
The Tao is impartial. True justice arises not from forcing but from aligning with the natural order.
"Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass…" — Tao Te Ching 5
Shinto
Justice maintains harmony with the kami. Disrupted balance is restored through purification.
wa
诸传统汇聚之处
The vulnerable have a claim on us
Across traditions, justice requires attention to those who cannot protect themselves — the widow, orphan, poor, stranger. The convergence on protecting the vulnerable is robust, even where the mechanisms differ.