The word arbitrariness We use it very frequently in our language when we want to indicate that someone has acted or is acting contrary to justice, that is to say, with injustice, attempting against reason or against the laws in force and totally dominated by its will or by its whim. It is arbitrary that the police have detained them without even asking them to identify themselves. The arbitrariness of your boss has no limits, it cannot make you work all weekend and not pay you for it.
Among the various synonyms that this concept presents, undoubtedly, the one of injustice stands out, which precisely allows us to indicate the lack or absence of justice in a behavior, an event, fact or action.
On the contrary, that is, the concept that directly opposes arbitrariness is that of Justice. Justice is considered as a virtue from which it is possible to give everyone what belongs to him or her. It implies acting with equity, moved by equality and reason.
It should be noted that what is justice and what is not is closely linked to the values proposed and sustained in society and also by the beliefs of each individual, that is, there is a social component and also a personal one in the determination of what is fair and what is not.
Then, when each person is not granted what corresponds to him by law or by natural right, he will be incurring an arbitrariness, an injustice and by case, whoever is the object of the same may claim a compensation before whom corresponds, or retraction, as the case may be.
In the countries there is what is known as the judiciary, which is the body that understands the resolution of the aforementioned cases of injustice. A court, a judge, are the authorities in charge and prepared to determine the presence or absence of an injustice and, if so, to stipulate the corresponding punishment.
