About justice
1. Anpanman
Anpanman is very famous and popular in Japan.Most Japanese people know him.
He is a defender of justice.
He is very unique because his head is anpan.
Takashi Yanase is a famous writer known as the creater of Anpanman.
He went to war.
In the war, many people fought and died in the name of justice.
In the war, after war, many people suffered from hunger.
People fought for justice, but he thought it was not justice.
What is justice? Where is justice?
The hardest thing for humans is not being able to eat.
It's a simple and obvious justice to provide foods for the people who are hungry.
It's true justice in any country, any situation in the world.
2. Right to the pursuit of happiness
Right to the pursuit of happiness is written in United States Declaration of Independence, Constitution of Japan and so on.I can generalize the justice of Anpanman.
In other words, it's a justice to make people (including oneself) happy.
It's the essence of utilitarianism advocated by Jeremy Bentham.
The mission of statesman is "経世済民 (Keisei-Saimin)".
It means governing a society and saving people.
Politics and economics should be useful for the mission.
Political philosophy should be simple as a guideline for policy maker.
In other words, political philosophy should be practical.
Utilitarianism would work as the theory of political measuring instrument.
Other theories are too complex, not practical.
3. Policy science
Politics and economics are social science.Science and technology are developing.
According to the study about sapiens, we can not always act rationally.
Any excellent theory of political philosophy will be blasted with dynamite of Nietzsche.
Thinking the justice of Anpanman, eating anpan, let's move forward.
Not only natural science, but also social science is evolving rapidly.
Policy science will be a new frontier in the next generation.
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