Personal qualities.
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
What does it take to make a fair judgement. Personally, i feel that to make a fair judgement, which is to be unbiased, one has to be mentally strong, a clear state of mind, and most importantly, to be impartial. To be impartial is quite self-explanatory. Judging should be based on facts and not opinions. As much as the judge might hate a person, this does not allow him to rule in favour of the opposition. Also, the judge has to have a clear state of mind. If the judge was to be overwhelmed by the facts and figures brought up by both parties, he would not be able to think clearly, to slowly process each piece of the jigsaw and make a fair judgement. Lastly, the judge has to be mentally strong, in order not to be easily swayed by either side of the arguement. It is of utmost importance that judging is his/her own judgement. This means that, in a court case, you could hire the best lawyer who could speak very well, but if all evidence point to the defendant being guilty, the judge cannot be swayed and rule in favour of the defendant. This is because, we must uphold justice and do what is right.Also, i think that put yourself in another person's shoes, definitely requires a understanding person. To put yourself into other's shoes is to try to understand it from their point of view. You must calm your emotions, and take a step backward to look the matter from a different point of view, to look at the bigger picture. Instead of question the persons' intentions, we should ask ourselves, if i was him, would i have done the same. If we successfully understood why the person might do this, we would also know how to convince him not to. Therfore, it is important that we be understanding, and in the heat of the matter, do not over-complicate things.