Barry Turner

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• Answer added in Science Communication
  53 How important is storytelling and visualization for your science?
  By Sven Schade · Geospatial Information Scientist
  Barry Turner · University of Lincoln

  Story telling and visualisation are of crucial importance in medical science and the medical poster is one of the best science communication methods i... [more]

  Story telling and visualisation are of crucial importance in medical science and the medical poster is one of the best science communication methods in this field. In a world of, for all intents and purposes invisible enzymes, cells, receptors and bio-molecular structures without the poster and the 'story' it tells it would be difficult and turgid indeed to communicate. I have always found the medical poster to be not only scientifically informative but in many ways as dramatic as any story from either fact or fiction.
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• Answer added in Human Rights
  35 Is law and justice relative?
  By Azlan Abdul Razak · Universiti Utara Malaysia
  Barry Turner · University of Lincoln

  It would appear to many that it is injustice that is universal while justice is very sparsely and inequitably distributed. Justice must be based on a... [more]

  It would appear to many that it is injustice that is universal while justice is very sparsely and inequitably distributed. Justice must be based on a concept of fairness or even ethics and is impossible to achieve universally while we live in hierarchical societies based largely on an unequal distribution of wealth. This leads to a permanent state of conflict leading to winners and losers. There may even be a conflict between law and justice where laws are there to underpin a society in which inequality leads to conflict. Laws are a fact in all societies and do not rely on any concept of fairness to be effective. Justice on the other hand is an ideal we can strive toward but perhaps never achieve. In that respect they are relative but as opposites. Rawls talks of virtue but does not define it. Virtue can mean adherence to a set of norms that in themselves may not be 'just'. He also talks of truth as an absolute, according to this interpretation thought is 'impure' if not dealing with fact/truth. This is a purely deontological approach to both virtue and truth. In that respect Justice and Law can never be relative.
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• Answer added in Human Rights
  35 Is law and justice relative?
  By Azlan Abdul Razak · Universiti Utara Malaysia
  Barry Turner · University of Lincoln

  Many legal scholars are often blinded by the complexity of individual laws into thinking law itself is complex. We have to distinguish abstract conce... [more]

  Many legal scholars are often blinded by the complexity of individual laws into thinking law itself is complex. We have to distinguish abstract concepts such as law and justice from the function of law and perception of justice. Law is the cement that holds the bricks of the state together, it is a simple mixture, not a complex one. The common law system in England is a very complex mechanism indeed but it brings no more, or less justice than the civil law systems such as those employed by our neighbours in Europe. I have always found it awkward to teach law in a utilitarian or deontological framework, both philosophies while providing a simple structure for 'Law' fail when applying them to 'Laws'. We can apply the categorical imperative to law or we can apply the greater good, neither provide justice in any universal sense.
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