Humans have to live as a society in solidarity with others for
survival, security, and continuation of the species. Equity
(fairness) and cooperation must be core values in these societies
if these three basic objectives are to be secured. The survival and
progress of societies depend on cooperation which in turn depends
on equity and fairness.
Ethics and the law
Although it is far from being ideal, justice is the best means
humankind has developed to realise these values. Peaceful
co-existence of humans in a society, be it a small community, a
country, or the whole world, requires, at minimum, that justice
prevails.
Humans are not born equal. Each human, by nature, possesses
physical, intellectual, creative, cognitive, and experiential
differences to name a few. Humans, out of this substrate,
voluntarily relegate their personal interests because they need
each other's strength. Compromise between differing interests
creates the basic rules of ethics in a