Tag: Justice
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The Parable of the Two Clocks. On the Time of the Sick and the Measure That Failed

The city had two clocks: the treasury clock on the town-hall tower and the clock of the sick, which no one hears. A parable about a mechanism with no villain, about a truth that must not be punished, and about a measure reckoned by whoever has waited longest — with the lesson of the Radium… Read more
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The State’s Examination. On a Justice That Must Be Achieved Justly

A state sits its examination not when everything works, but on the day something goes wrong. On the order that distinguishes accountability from a hunt, on proportion as the choice of instrument, and on reversibility instead of infallibility — with the lessons of the Dreyfus affair and the Horizon scandal. Read more
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Hunger for Justice

Justice does not begin in grand declarations. It begins in ordinary moments — in the tone in which we speak to someone weaker than ourselves. Read more
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Hunger for Justice — A Sunday Reflection

Hunger for justice does not mean revenge or triumph over an opponent — it means an inner need to restore proportion between rights and duties, freedom and responsibility. Read more
