15-01-2011, 04:32 PM
Mean rea is a central article of western justice and law.
Almost anyone can be guilty of breaking al law without even being aware that they are doing so. There are just too many old, obscure and mostly unused laws that the public couldn't possibly be expected to know existed.
The absence of mens rea clearly defines the absence of justice as it relates to the law.
We are back in the middle ages where when the Church spoke, one was guilty, and the only thing left to determine was what punishment fitted the crime --- and that very often was based on the whim of the presiding red hat.
Almost anyone can be guilty of breaking al law without even being aware that they are doing so. There are just too many old, obscure and mostly unused laws that the public couldn't possibly be expected to know existed.
The absence of mens rea clearly defines the absence of justice as it relates to the law.
We are back in the middle ages where when the Church spoke, one was guilty, and the only thing left to determine was what punishment fitted the crime --- and that very often was based on the whim of the presiding red hat.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14