Why be just ????

[Troll]

Yes but why???

Not religious based but seems a good way to me.... it also gives me the leeway to smack the feckers that want to do me harm.....

in short

It's mutually benificial to both parties

[Gibbon]

It's mutually benificial to both parties

Nope, because then you're only being Just to benefit yourself.

[Old Greg]

I would imagine that the definition of 'being just' is fairly subjective (other than round-dodging of course!)

But round-dodging comes from a common societal view (Richard Dawkins would argue biologically hard-wired (or maybe socially hard-wired, can't remember) but let's not go there) of what constitutes fair play and cheating. And this applies in lots of behaviours.

[Troll]

Nope, because then you're only being Just to benefit yourself.

eh?

[Rantor]

But round-dodging comes from a common societal view (Richard Dawkins would argue biologically hard-wired (or maybe socially hard-wired, can't remember) but let's not go there) of what constitutes fair play and cheating. And this applies in lots of behaviours.

Agreed, but what about variants in 'societal norms' e.g. in parts of the US it is considered 'Just' to be an advocate of the death penalty but in most of europe the opposite is generally true.

[MrRobin]

It's mutually benificial to both parties

But if one is unjust then he benefits more. However, if both are unjust then both suffer, so it's a gamble - basic game theory.

Prisoner's Dilemma

[wobbegong]

Common sense really, if you pi55 someone off they'll pi55 you off, and there's always some bigger than you, who'll do it much more enthusiastically.

[DaveB]

The rain it falls upon the Just,
And also on the Unjust fella,
But it mostly falls upon the Just,
Cos the Unjust's got the Just's umbrella.

[thunderlizard]

Do unto others...not religious based

"Do unto others..." is indeed out of the mouth of the great JC.

Matthew 7.12

[shoes]

Nope, because then you're only being Just to benefit yourself.

It is beneficial to us as a species to treat eachother well. We do this automatically without the guidance of an authority figure (government, religion) due to our own conscience. If we do something our conscience disagrees with, we feel bad regardless of how we are treated as a result of this action. Our conscience is a mechanism that has evolved as it benefits our species to treat eachother well.