INTERRELATION OF ETHICS, LAW, AND JUSTICE M. Natsir Asnawi
Doctoral Program, Faculty of Law, Borobudur University, Jakarta
Abstract
The research^s aim is to describe the interrelation of ethics, law, and justice as an inseparable unit, both in terms of norm formation, enforcement, and legal reform. A standing point of the research is that the law and its enforcement cannot be separated from the ethical creed that underlies all aspects of human life. Based on the study of various references, two things can be concluded. First, justice is a legal concept that rooted to the ethical philosophy perspective. Justice was built in ethical norms and being a part in human life as well, namely the implementation of human nature as servants of God to do good to oneself and others. Second, justice which is defined as ^doing justice^ and/or ^actualizing justice^ is the implementation of two main currents of views in ethical philosophy, deontology and teleology. Justice is the implementation of ^good deeds^ which are basic human obligations as well as efforts to create harmony of human life as the ^good results^ of ^doing justice^.
