If laws are man made then is justice a natural concept? Is there such a thing as natural justice? or is justice just a philosophical term?

Does justice exist outside of philosophy? Are laws created to resemble the public conception of what justice is? Is justice subjective, does everyone have their own sense of what is just?

Can we safely say that justice is just another word for fair? That leads us to what is fair.
If a man tries to kill you is it fair to kill them?

If we remove law from the equation and measure a man by physical, social and moral standards then is anyone really equal?
If a man is strong physically, has a high standing in society and strong moral values is put against a man of frail physical qualities, poor standing in society and no moral values, is such a match fair?
Is justice only achievable between peoples of equal power?

Let us put law back into the equation.
If a rich man is able to afford a high powered lawyer with years of experience vs a poor man who gets legal aid from a lawyer who just started their career... is the trial really fair or does it only appear to be fair?

Do the least powerful in our society always fall short of justice compared to that of the powerful in our society?
Is law really just or is it just a veil of illusion resembling what is fair?
If it's safe to say that justice if a form of fairness then is it also safe to assume an eye for an eye is a form of justice?
But if justice is also a moral principle would killing a murderer be morally just?
Is it acceptable to be immoral if serving the interest of justice?

Now all these questions are purely philosophical in nature and excludes the idea of religious justice.
Taking religious justice into mind then the terms law, justice and morality is usually defined by that which is divine.
Virtues and sins are used to define what is acceptable and what is not. Which brings us to the Euthyphro Dilemma.

    "Is something right because God commands it or does God command it because it is right?"

This inevitably leads us to a new debate of whether God is inherently good of if God is beyond such concepts as good and evil, right and wrong.
This debate must be saved for another occasion.

We exist as fragments in space and time
Nothing here is as real as us
And we are as real as cosmic dust
From the farthest depths of the most outer of space
We arrived as nothing but strings
All our roots are rooted in
A single spark explosion
Still waiting to be seen
If the end is the beginning
And in the end we find nothing
Then life ain't for living
Except for those that are livid

Another brilliant post by Matthew Good

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Michael Vick... love him or hate him...

I personally love him... I think he's one of the best QBs to come out of the NFL in a long time... perhaps the best scramble QB ever.

Now.... there's no debate as to what he did was inhumane and illegal.

But he served his time in a federal prison... he's paid his dues.
I love dogs as much as the next guy, after all they're mans best friend but is that the only reason why he's getting shit on by everyone?
Is it only because dogs have been so indoctrinated and domesticated into our society that makes this such a huge deal?
Again what he did was horrible and all but come on... he's paid his debt to society hasn't he?

The question I want to pose is this....

What if Michael Vick was running an illegal cock fighting ring instead of dog fighting? Would people still kick up a HUGE fuss about it?
If Michael Vick was killing a whole shit load of chickens in his backyard would you even care or would you think "yeah, I do want some KFC tonight?"