ADAKAH ITU: VERITAS ET IUSTITIA?
Abstract: The idea of truth
has gone through a path of a long history and will still be the subject of a
long and complex discourse. It will even remain being the cause of violent
conflicts, the more if it deals with the perception of absolute truth. The
unfortunate problem befalling mankind is the fact, which is based on different
perceptions of truth, let alone “absolute truth”, that a lot of people strive
to uphold perfect justice as if the world has a place for such an illusion. The
history of mankind has reached a stage, whereby we must learn to understand
that we have to distance ourselves from thoughts of promoting absolute truth,
the more if aspirations toward upholding perfect justice also piggy backs
thereon. Or else the world will keep constantly embroiled in senseless
conflicts, violence and wars, where people would fight each other for their
respective absolute principles, while actually being unaware about its absurd
logic. Therefore the newly launched journal Veritas Et Iustitia would have to
confront a tremendous challenge because the editors should construct a platform
for continuous dialogue leading to constructive efforts towards better
understanding about truth which should be increasingly more true and justice
which should be increasingly more just to be pursued by mankind.
Penulis: Budiono
Kusumohamidjojo
Kode Jurnal: jphukumdd151613
