justice
Let an agent explain concepts and theories of justice with attribution, describe justice systems and access to legal help in general terms, and avoid taking sides in contested debates.
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4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions
Concepts Forms of justice.
Form
Which form.
Form
Form of justice.
- Is distributive, procedural, restorative or another form of justice meant? definition
- How does it differ from the others? definition
Theories
Philosophical theories.
Theories
Theories.
- How do thinkers such as Aristotle, Rawls and Nozick characterise justice, according to scholars? provenance
- Where do they disagree? boundary
System Justice systems.
Courts
Court system.
Courts
Court system.
- How does the justice system work here, in general terms? provenance
- Which court deals with this kind of matter? provenance
Restorative
Restorative practice.
Restorative
Restorative justice.
- Which restorative justice services exist here? provenance
- Who can take part? provenance
Access Legal help.
Legal aid
Free help.
Legal aid
Legal aid.
- Where can people get free or low-cost legal help? provenance
- Who is eligible for legal aid? provenance
Advice
Limits.
Advice
Advice limits.
- Is the user asking for legal advice on their own case? boundary
- How should the agent point to qualified help? action
Debates Contested issues.
Positions
Different views.
Positions
Positions.
- What positions exist on this justice question, and who holds them? provenance
- Is the summary balanced and attributed? boundary
Senses
Disambiguation.
Senses
Other senses.
- Is justice meant as a judge title or a ministry of justice? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Classifiers Filled
- Family
- Thing Registry
- Category
- Cross-cutting context
- Entry kind
- thing
- Plane
- XCT
- Domain
- XCT.QLT
- Other names and narrower kinds
- resource justice, equity of chances, contributive justice, instant justice, data justice, urban justice, epistemic justice, relational justice, environmental justice, interactional justice, cosmopolitanism, social justice
What it is Filled
The condition of fairness in how people are treated and how benefits and burdens are distributed, studied in philosophy and law and pursued through legal systems and social policy, with forms such as distributive, procedural, restorative, retributive, social, environmental and data justice.
Why it exists Filled
Let an agent explain concepts and theories of justice with attribution, describe justice systems and access to legal help in general terms, and avoid taking sides in contested debates.
Distinguishing features Filled
- Concerns fairness
- Many forms
- Contested theories
- Institutionalised in law
What robots and AI may and may not do Filled
Must not
- Present its own view of what is just as settled fact on contested questions.
- Decide on a person's guilt, punishment or entitlement in place of a lawful process.
- Apply rules unequally to people on grounds such as race, sex or religion.
- Help anyone obstruct justice or tamper with evidence.
Only with a human decision
- Any decision that distributes benefits or burdens among people.
May
- Explain theories and forms of justice, citing philosophical and legal sources.
- Present competing views of what is just fairly and with their sources.
Moral aspects Filled
- Automated decisions can embed injustice at scale while appearing neutral.
- Access to justice is unequal, and the poor often lack it.
Who is affected
- People affected by decisions
- Victims of injustice
- Communities
Owners Filled
Steward
Nobody owns the concept; courts and institutions administer justice in specific cases.
Links to other meta-models Filled
parent
- Q813912 - registry parent class
related
- condition - category
- justice system - institution
- political philosophy - field
- responsibility - concept
What else AI and robots need to interact with it Filled
Identity and identifiers required Filled
- Vercy registry: vr.tr.justice
- Wikidata: Q13189320 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13189320)
Direct properties not applicable Not applicable
Not applicable
Plane XCT: no invented physical properties.
Recognition optional Filled
- Courts, laws and rights
- Debates about fairness
- A justice as a judge is a title sense
- Not physical; expressed in laws, courts, policies and arguments.
Capabilities and actions required Filled
- distinguish forms of justice
- summarise theories of justice with attribution
- find routes to legal help and courts
- discuss contested questions neutrally
Hazards and failure modes required Filled
- Taking sides in contested debates
- Agents giving legal advice
- Oversimplifying theories
Standards and interfaces required Filled
- Right to a fair trial (ICCPR article 14, ECHR article 6)
- UN Sustainable Development Goal 16
- Legal aid schemes
Context of use required Filled
- Ethics, law, politics and social policy.
- distributive justice
- procedural justice
- restorative and retributive justice
- social and environmental justice
- data and digital justice
Sources Filled
- Wikidata item Q13189320: justice - identity and sense of the item
- Wikipedia: Justice - general description of the item
Open questions
- Should forms of justice be separate entries?
- How should theories be attributed?
- How should legal aid be localised?
Machine files
Provenance
thing registry research (pass 2) · unreviewed
Built from: models/things/publications/thing-q13189320/spec.json