Jurisprudence
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| - | '''Double standards''' are when certain applications may be acceptable to one group, but seen as [[taboo]] to another. Such double standards are seen as unjust because they violate a basic [[Legal maxim|maxim]] of modern legal [[jurisprudence]]: that all parties should stand equal before the law. Double standards also violate the principle of [[justice]] known as [[impartiality]], which is based on the assumption that the same standards should be applied to all people, without regard to subjective [[bias]] or [[favoritism]] based on [[social class]], [[Social rank|rank]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[gender]] or other distinction. A double standard violates this principle by holding different people accountable according to different standards. Often the proverb "''life is not fair''" is often used to justify double standards in life. | + | The [[philosophy]], [[science]] and [[study]] of [[law]] and decisions based on the [[interpretation]] thereof |
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| - | There is a distinction to be made between double standards and [[hypocrisy]], which implies the stated or presumed acceptance of a single standard a person claims to hold himself or herself accountable to, but which in practice may be disregarded. For example: a man who believes it is his right to have extramarital [[affair]]s, but that his wife does not have such a right holds a double standard. A man who publicly condemns extramarital affairs while maintaining his [[Mistress (lover)|mistress]] is a [[hypocrite]]. | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[Discrimination]] | + | |
| - | *[[Morality]] | + | |
| - | *[[Hypocrisy]] | + | |
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The philosophy, science and study of law and decisions based on the interpretation thereof
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