I agree--with what I understand is being said in this article: we need an advance in our understanding of justice.

In seeking justice there is one question that must serve as the starting point: which is more important, correcting wrongs or punishing wrongdoers?

I favor the former. For one thing, to focus on punishing wrongdoers is to perpetuate the ages-old perversion of 'justice' as nothing more than a hammer wielded by the victors in a naked "contest of power" (from Foucault). Shifting the focus to punishment also absolves the victors of the difficult task of defining what justice really is and achieving it.

My studies have taught me that the ethic of justice is mutual respect (of a basic kind: taking one another into account). A requirement for mutual respect follows from a belief in equality ["Equality Is All We Need" here in Medium] and from observation within material existence ["Real Justice" also here in Medium].

Mutual respect already governs the structure of democracy (i.e. freedom of political speech and a democratic distribution of political rights). Mutual respect can also be applied efficaciously to the economy (via a "democratically distributed income"), with astonishing results for society: "For Crying Out Loud, ACCEPT That A SOLUTION Actually EXISTS" (a "3 min read"--including options for further reading--also here in Medium). I have been touting these ideas for some time; my frustration has hit hyper-drive. [As far as I can tell, links have been disabled in this new Response platform.]