The Problems with Justice and Efficiency

To achieve justice and efficiency at the same time is a very hard task. The desire for justice, the harder it is have be efficiency in a government. At the same time a government desires to be more ore efficient, the harder it is to be just. The debate on being just and efficient at the same time is like adding a negative one to a one, it cancels out and ends in zero. Justice and efficiency are in a way a positive and a negative aspect in society. Both justice and efficiency are set as main goals in all governments. There are two characteristics that ordinary people desire in a state, they are the following: policies should be fair, people should be treated equal rights, and have efficient, and also produce the greatest good at the lowest price. Efficiency is fixed, one can predict how efficient something can turn out to be by observing, and the results don’t change, efficiency in a way is a constant. Justice on the other side can be observed through different perspectives, giving out different results, this can be seen as a variant on policies and the effectiveness of a government.

            Justice can be observed through two different perspectives. First, we may say that different members of society have contributed different amounts, and justice would seem to require that they be rewarded accordingly. The problem with this approach is that sometimes luck may influence as a factor. For instance, would it be just that a student worked very hard on a paper and that another student, who happened to have been born very intelligent, created a brilliant paper the night before it was due and be graded better than the other student? The second perspective takes into account needs. Sometimes justice means treating a person based on their needs. Justice involves a number of things that are often conflict, the contributions people have made, their varying needs, and even the idea that people should not be treated too unequally.

            Substantive justice is any conception of justice that declare what people are receiving what they need, and deserve. Procedural Justice falls under this category. Procedural justice however, focuses less on the fairness of distribution but rather in the procedures by which decisions are reached about people. The main issues of procedural justice are three: whether governmental action is arbitrary, whether basic rights are dismissed, and whether overriding needs are present.

            When a policy is being decided it is important to determine how just it is. However, it is equally important to determine its efficiency. An efficient policy is one that gives the state the greatest benefits at the least cost. It is always difficult to predict how efficient a policy will turn out to be. Nevertheless policies are dearly important in order to create a more equal society.

            Decision makers, when creating policies, can take on of two approaches, the incremental or the radical approach. An incremental decision is one that occurs gradually with small changes. A person who is worried about the possibility of making a big, costly mistake will tend to be an incrementalist. A radical decision maker, on the other hand, is more concerned about lost opportunities than about the possibility of costly mistakes. Sometimes impulsive action may accomplish something that could have never been done in a precautious manner.

            Justice tends to be an abstract concept. It changes depending on the person observing it. What may be just to one person may not be for another. It’s a complicated term and abstract concept to define. Making a policy efficient, and just is like trying to put back together a broken lamp, you might be able but it will never workout fine. Justice is complicated, and something complicated is often difficult to manage in an efficient way. Justice varies depending on a person and changes even from country to country. Justice is never fair, if you do not get what you wanted and someone else does, that is not fair for you but fair for him or her, but if you get what you desire it is just for you, maybe nor for the other person, in a way this is an example of human grittiness. Although our modern law systems have approached the complications and have created an efficient justice system that works for the majority. It’s not perfect, and it has a many flaws, yet it works in somewhat level. This might be small steps for governments but in the long run they become the changes of tomorrow. 
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