How much justice are we able to do in our political society?
How much justice are we able to do in our political society?

Social ethical and theological reflections on the virtue of justice and its implementation for a development of our post-communist countries also in the period of COVID-19 pandemic

Summary/Abstract: Justice is one of the most important moral and cardinal virtues. Last but not least, the activity of justice concerns the common good of the whole society (legal law), its parts (social justice and institutional ethics) or the good of the family of nations (international law). It is a legal justice that goes from individual to whole. Violation of justice requires not only its re-establishment but also compensation. Even in relation to a theological infused virtue, especially to the virtue of love, justice plays a particularly role. Together with American professor of the biblical theology Benedict Thomas Viviano we can say that for evangelist St. Matthew precisely the predication of justice of the Kingdom of God is the most important thing that Jesus brought against the Old Testament. In our contribution we would like to point out the possibility of applying justice for genuine development of wounded and divided society, especially our frustrated post-communist societies of the so-called East block especially in this time of national egoisms of the COVID-19 pandemic. Mainly relationship between justice and forgiveness, let us say reconciliation, must not remain neglected.

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