Presentation given by Dr. Otis Johnson during Fall 2014 Scholar in Residence Program: Coastal Citizens.

1. The Clash Between What Is Legal and
What is Just
Otis S. Johnson, Ph.D.
Scholar-in-Residence
Savannah State University
October 14, 2014

2.  “The practice and theory of influencing other
people on a global, civic or individual level. More
narrowly, it refers to the achieving and exercising
positions of governance – organized control over
a human community, particularly a state.
 Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/politics. Retrieved: 14 October 2014.

3.  Legal: Allowable or enforceable by being in
conformity with the law of the land and the
public policy; not condemned as illegal.₁
Moral: Concerning what is right or wrong in
human behavior. Based on what you think is right
or good. Considered good by most people:
agreeing to a standard of right behavior.₂
1. www.businessdictionary.com/definition/legal.html. Retrieved: 14 Oct. 2014
2. www.meriam-webster.com/dictionary/moral. Retrieved: 14 Oct. 2014

4.  Harris Neck Community
 United States Government
 State of Georgia
 McIntosh County, Georgia
 U. S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife
Service and Environmentalists

5.  Just: Agreeing with what is considered morally
right or good. Treating people in a way that is
considered morally right. Reasonable and proper.
 Justice: The maintenance or administration of what
is just especially by the impartial adjustment of
conflicting claims or the assignment of merited
rewards or punishments.
 Source: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/just.
 www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/justice. Retrieved: 14 Oct.
2014

6. The Harris
Neck
Community
Government
and Special
Interests
Justice

7. RIGHT/
Moral
LEGAL
Justice