Give your subjective thinking about this phrase "not only justice must be done, but also seen to be done"?
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Explanation:
The letter and spirit of the law are often at loggerheads. When one obeys the letter of the law but not the spirit, one is following the literal interpretation of the words as is written, but not the actual intent. Which is why it’s said that justice should not only be done, but must also be seen to be done. The reason is, rules are amoral constructs that are meant to serve a social function whereas the objective behind them serves a higher purpose: values.
Take, for example, the character of the moneylender Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. He’s had an agreement with Antonio that if he cannot repay a loan, he will extract a pound of flesh from him instead. When the debt is not repaid in time, Portia the lawyer pleads for clemency in a famous speech, “The quality of mercy is not strain’d; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest: It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.”