Thoughts on issues discussed in the class

I had several thoughts about justice, and development vs environment issues.

Dr. Silver said “we” need to admit, apologize, then to find ways to solve that. I asked myself after the class, “Is late coming justice still justice or still good justice?”; “how could the finally coming justice help”; “how late is the late?”. In daily life, we hear news about criminal/law cases which go through the courts for several years or more. The final judgment may give someone an apology, a sinless claim. How helpful that could be to people involved in the case long time ago? Yes, it’s definitely good to have a just result than nothing, however we may also consider improve the justice system to make it better.

Another thing in my mind was about the conflict between “Development” and “Environment”. I admit that we have only one earth, and we should care about it. However, I also think this issue should be treated probably differently at different situation. Development should come first, for developing countries and less developed countries. Considering some places in the world where people still couldn’t get enough food and clothes. They need to develop the economy first, with that money they have the ability to care about environment. For that, they just need determination. The situation should be different in developed countries, like USA. If options are available, highly-polluted industry could be shut down or improved.