1.#Opinion : Tuesday 23, JuL 2024, 05:30. 3611. / 1. #On the Concept of Righteousness and Justice -7. Swami Krishnananda. //
===================================================================================== 1.#Opinion : Tuesday 23, JuL 2024, 05:30. 3611. / 1. #On the Concept of Righteousness and Justice -7. Swami Krishnananda. // ====================================================================================== Though it may be conceded that the Contract Theory is perhaps the truth of the historical origin of human law and government, even this manner of the origin of law must have itself originated from a principle which ought to have a logical priority over the historical accident of the origin of law as propounded by the Contract Theory. Here we come to a subtle philosophical point which would not ordinarily occur to the mind of the common man. Why does there come about a necessity for man to frame a law at all by mutual consent? The answer to this question is the logical ground which explains the meaning of law and the necessity for law. The principle which is prior to the human effort of mutua