Unjust Act

An Unjust Act is a morally-judgeable act that is wrong.

• Example(s):
  • a Cheating Act.
  • an Act of Theft.
  • a Enslavement.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Just Act.
• See: Victim, Perpetrator, Political Act, Empathy, Free-Rider.

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References

2014

• (Kapitan, 2014) ⇒ Tomis Kapitan. (2014). “The Reign of ‘Terror’.” In: NYTimes Blogs 2014-10-19
  • QUOTE: ... As long as groups perceive themselves to be victims of intolerable injustices and view their oppressors as unwilling to arrive at an acceptable compromise, they are likely to answer violence with more violence. ...

1998

• (Moor, 1998) ⇒ James H. Moor. (1998). “Just Consequentialism and Computing.” In: Ethics and Information Technology Journal, 1(1). doi:10.1023/A:1010078828842

1963

• (Luther King, 1963a) ⇒ Martin Luther King, Jr.. (1963). “Letter from Birmingham jail." April 16 (1963): 1963.
  • QUOTE: Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

1651

• (Hobbes, 1651) ⇒ Thomas Hobbes. (1651). “Leviathan or The Matter, Forme and Power of a Common Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civil"
  • QUOTE: To this war of every man against every man, this also is consequent; that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice, have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law; where no law, no injustice.

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