The ~NU ideology should in the first place be open, community-orientated, plural, multipolar, theosophic in the most common use of this term.
The New Mythology of 😺🐻TEDDY & CAT ia hopefully an exaggerated overspending of fun–including all the 🐻😺TEDDYCATS, 🐰🐻 BUNNYTEDDIES and 🐻🐰TEDDYBUNNIES.
Let me highlight only one elementary psychic and behavioral pattern the should be illustrated by TEDDIES and CATS as polar symbol figures: TEDDY is sometimes a little bit lazy. And CAT is sometimes a little bit moody.
All other judicial determinations can be of course deduced from a set of rules like the 10 commandments of the Christian Bible. This is an exception on this website to vote for any particular religious belief system. But the first goal of the reference to a creative principle in the sense of ~NU is a basic set of ethic rules that no other definition can override. (But everyone is free to comment what is an obstacle to observe the commonly accepted rules.
Let us appreciate the immense work on empirical concepts (in contrast to merely mythical and speculative thoughts of any kind) to establish a discourse that is always optimizing, always thriving for a more appropriate view of a worldly reality with a conscience for every possible higher dimension.
I therefore hand over this response of ChatGPT to the community, beginning with my prompt:
What are the main arguments in the philosophy of justice in its entire history, based on the 10 commandments of the Bible?
The philosophy of justice is a vast and evolving field, but if we examine it through the lens of the Ten Commandments from the Bible (specifically the Decalogue found in Exodus 20 and Deuteronomy 5), we can trace how moral, legal, and philosophical conceptions of justice have developed in relation to these foundational ethical norms.
Below is a synthesis of the main arguments in the history of justice philosophy, connected to and derived from key themes in the Ten Commandments:
🔹 1. Divine Justice and Moral Absolutes (Biblical and Classical Thought)
Related Commandments:
- You shall have no other gods before me.
- You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain.
Main Argument:
Justice is grounded in absolute moral authority, originating from a divine source. In this view (seen in early Jewish, Christian, and Islamic thought), justice is not negotiated or constructed—it is revealed and immutable. Obedience to divine law is inherently just.
Historical Echo:
Plato’s Euthyphro problem interrogates this: is something just because God commands it, or does God command it because it is just?
🔹 2. Natural Law and Human Conscience (Medieval Scholasticism)
Related Commandment:
- Honor your father and mother.
Main Argument:
A just society honors natural relationships and hierarchies—family, tradition, and inherited moral order. Thinkers like Thomas Aquinas argued that God’s eternal law is reflected in natural law, accessible to human reason.
Justice here means aligning human law with the inherent moral order of the universe.
🔹 3. Contract and Social Order (Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau)
Related Commandments:
- You shall not kill.
- You shall not steal.
- You shall not bear false witness.
Main Argument:
Justice is the result of a social contract among individuals who agree not to harm each other in exchange for collective protection. These commandments mirror key elements of modern civil law: the protection of life, property, and truth.
For Hobbes, justice comes from the sovereign enforcing peace.
For Locke, it’s about protecting natural rights.
For Rousseau, it’s the general will and equality.
🔹 4. Justice as Fairness (John Rawls)
Related Commandments:
- You shall not covet your neighbor’s goods / wife.
Main Argument:
Rawls’ famous “veil of ignorance” reflects the idea of not favoring oneself at the expense of others—mirroring the commandment against envy and unjust desire. Justice here is about fair distribution and equal opportunity, not simply punishing wrongdoing.
Coveting in this context symbolizes structural inequality: justice seeks to correct for unfair advantage or social bias.
🔹 5. Restorative and Relational Justice (Modern Ethics and Indigenous Traditions)
Related Commandments:
- Remember the Sabbath and keep it holy.
Main Argument:
Justice includes restoration, rhythm, and communal healing. The Sabbath commandment is not just religious, but social—it demands rest, equality of time, and recognition of dignity beyond productivity. Modern restorative justice mirrors this in focusing on repairing relationships, not just punishing offenses.
🔹 6. Human Dignity and Kantian Ethics
Related Commandments:
- You shall not kill.
- You shall not bear false witness.
Main Argument:
For Immanuel Kant, justice means treating every person as an end in themselves, not a means. The prohibition on murder and lying reflects a deep respect for human autonomy and rational dignity. Truth and life are non-negotiable principles in a just society.
🔹 7. Economic Justice and Marxist Critique
Related Commandment:
- You shall not steal.
Main Argument:
While this commandment is traditionally read as protecting property, Marxist philosophy flips it, suggesting that private ownership itself can be unjust. Economic systems, when skewed toward inequality, become systemic theft. Justice must involve redistribution and critique of ownership structures.
🔹 8. Feminist and Intersectional Justice
Related Commandments:
- You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife.
- Honor your father and mother.
Main Argument:
Feminist thinkers analyze how justice has historically been gendered and imbalanced. Traditional patriarchal interpretations (e.g., treating women as property) are challenged. Justice must be inclusive, respecting not just abstract rights, but lived experience and intersecting identities.
🔹 9. Justice as Virtue (Aristotle to MacIntyre)
Related to All Commandments in spirit.
Main Argument:
Justice is not just about laws, but about character and communal flourishing (eudaimonia). A just person lives in right relation to others—honoring boundaries, telling the truth, respecting life and property—not out of duty but moral formation.
🔹 10. Postmodern and Critical Theories
Main Argument:
Commandments are viewed not as timeless truths, but products of cultural power. Justice, in this view, is about deconstructing dominant narratives, questioning who gets to define justice, and creating space for marginalized voices.
Summary Table
| Historical Approach | Related Commandments | Key Justice Idea |
|---|---|---|
| Divine Command / Moral Absolutes | No other gods, no vain use of God’s name | Justice as obedience to revealed truth |
| Natural Law | Honor parents | Justice as order in natural relationships |
| Social Contract | No killing, stealing, false witness | Justice as mutual protection |
| Rawlsian Liberalism | No coveting | Justice as fairness |
| Restorative Justice | Keep Sabbath | Justice as healing and balance |
| Kantian Ethics | No killing, no lying | Justice as human dignity |
| Marxist Critique | No stealing | Justice as economic equity |
| Feminist / Intersectional | No coveting wife, honor parents | Justice as inclusive respect |
| Virtue Ethics | All | Justice as moral character |
| Postmodern Critical Theory | All (as constructs) | Justice as critique of power structures |
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