Category Archives: Justice
Myth & Justice VI.3 (“In God/dess We Trust?”)
The first entry to this series of blogs on Myth and Justice was entitled “Image is Everything” and concerned how our judicial process is very much a mythic process. The robe worn by the judge in the courtroom transforms him … Continue reading
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Myth & Justice VI.2 (“The Riddle of a Human Life”)
In the last entry, Mythfire put forward the idea that empathy is an example not of personal bias but of an abstract impersonal feeling value which, furthermore, is inseparable from the judicial process. We also argued, toward the beginning of … Continue reading
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Myth & Justice VI (“The Empathic Heart of Real Rationality”)
One of journalist David Brooks’ New York Times columns will serve as segue between the last Mythfire entry and this much belated follow-up: “As Dan Kahan of Yale Law School has pointed out, many disputes come about because two judges look at … Continue reading
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Myth & Justice V (“The Birth of the Hours”)
This penultimate entry in the “Myth & Justice” series begins with an ancient yet still relevant mythic marriage. As mentioned in prior entries, the Greek Goddess Themis, a Titaness and thus associated with the passions of what has been called … Continue reading
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Myth & Justice IV (“Will Polanski Get Symbolic Justice?”)
This last month the New York Times published an op-ed piece stating that President Obama’s “administration and the Senate leadership should pick up the pace of nominations and confirmations in order to restore some balance to a federal judiciary that … Continue reading
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