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EXAMPLES OF JUSTIFIED KNOWLEDGE BY AUTHORITY


 * __Positive:__**

The speed limit is an example of truth justified by authority. When authority puts the speed limit there is a reason, and that is because they know what the danger and the consequences are. For example, the speed limit put in the school zone is for a reason. The authorities know that it is a higher risk for someone driving at that speed to crash into a child crossing the school zone. The authorities action of putting the speed limit is a source of justified knowledge because it is a reasonable authority action that is fair to all. However, people who like to speed and are skillful drivers may think otherwise…


 * __Negative:__**

In China you are not allowed to own a property. This is an unjust thing to do in my opinion. This is because imagine if you bought a land and started your business. You have put a lot of money into that business and for the first week you have made 1% of what you have spent in order to build that business. After the first week, a rivaling company is intimidated by your success. This rivaling company has connections with the government and opts to take your property and therefore you have lost all your business and all the money you have put into that starting business. It is a strange authority undertaken by the Chinese government because it puts its own people in fear and creates injustice. This is justified knowledge that in my opinion is wrong, and injustice.