Note: This is just a short primer about the concept of justice. The argument contained in here is a good justification for many liberal policies, especially welfare, affirmative action, and the progressive income tax in a moral sense. I hope you can enjoy the essay and use the arguments when you are attacked for your beliefs.

Playground Justice
By definition, the concept of justice is an absolute to human beings. Young children realize that it is justice to give half our sandwich to the student who forgot one. Equally, they realize that the bully on the playground, stealing the weaker kids' lunch money, is unjust. Though younger children may not be familiar with the word justice, they know, a priori, the concept of justice. This playground justice shows just how much of an absolute justice is; human beings can innately tell what is just and what is unjust, even when they have never been taught the concept of justice explicitly. Playground justice also shows exactly what absolute justice is. Justice is the concept that human beings share common life experiences and are thus indebted to help those who cannot help themselves.