World Building and Justice
I’ve been thinking a lot about justice and world-building lately. This is spurred on by a lot of different things going on at the same time. First of all, and most importantly, the events going on around the Black Lives Matter movement recently have put the idea of justice at the forefront in my thoughts. I’m also currently writing a sci-fi novel that focuses on justice (and injustice) in society and how that plays out when contact with aliens is made. And I’m also watching a sci fi tv show right now that has really interesting world-building and tried to talk about all kinds of “deep” themes, but it has an enraging lack of justice. So anyway, I’ve been thinking about justice in world-building. I’m not necessarily talking about a full-blown legal system and how it works in detail, I don’t necessarily think that fantasy worlds need to go into too much detail in that area. What I am talking about is a general idea of justice permeating the world. - What is considered just in th...