The blindfolded Justitia signifies justice’s unfree origin.
Evidence
The blindfold over Justitia’s eyes does not only mean that there should be no assault upon justice, but that justice does not originate in freedom. — Theodor W. Adorno, Max Horkheimer, Dialectic of Enlightenment, 40
Categorization
- SEED: An essay/visual-reading angle on how icons of liberty encode unfreedom — the Justitia blindfold as evidence that justice stems from necessity, not freedom.
- CANDY: A genuinely tweetable inversion: the blindfold of Lady Justice means justice isn’t free, not that it ignores bias.
- XREF: connects to: Opening law to all truths made justice lose control over its own truth — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 158
Broader Connections
- Opening law to all truths made justice lose control over its own truth
#complicates(0.85) — Michel Foucault, Discipline & Punish- The Birth of the…, 158