... far from definite, as he wavers about what he believes. This raises an interesting issue: are justice and just acts really always to the advantage of someone else, and is that person always the stronger? For example, a drug dealer is a selling a very dangerous drug that is fatal for all those who take it. One hundred people have died because of his sales of the drug and, despite several prison sentences, he continues to sell it and kills more and more people each week. A jury decides that he must face the death penalty on account of his deeds, preventing further deaths at his hands. His death sentence then seems rather justified and the people benefiting from this application of justice will be the citizens in the town where he lives, who were all his potential victims before his arrest. However, it appears that justice is not purely the ...

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