Extraordinary pedigree

Heaven is an unknowable place.

The Third Level: Beri'ah, also known as the "World of Creation", marks the first transition from the Infinite to the Finite. In Belial, the infinite light of Eden begins to flow through specific [divine qualities].

Many facilities of the Ethics Committee are located in [Beria], and Xia Xiu will participate in the Monte Carlo incident trial as a corrector within the Ethics Committee today. It should be noted here that the specific job of the corrector is to be responsible for all aspects of the investigation within the Kingdom of Heaven. Propose corrections to this unreasonable behavior and revise Eden's sometimes too inhumane mass extermination program.

Well, Xia Xiu is not surprised at all that he can serve on the ethics committee. Every sword-holder in the Kingdom of Heaven will be assigned a committee position by Eden. After all, among other core institutions, the Ethics Committee is relatively weak. In order to maintain a relative balance of power among institutions, an angel with a special nature like the Sword Bearer will naturally serve on the committee as a bargaining chip.

At the same time, it is also the responsibility of the committee to monitor whether the sword holder loses control.

Xia Xiu's spiritual projection stood in front of the door of Judgment Hall No. 13 in [Beria]. When he projected to the [Unknown Land] through spiritual sublimation, he felt the intense and unusually distorted perception outside the trial hall. [Vashak] A wave of fluctuations came from his body, which was the Time Demon's natural reaction to [Time Element].

The perception of time here is distorted by Eden. Here, as long as Eden wants, you can hold meetings for a month, while outside time only passes one day.

However, it is rare to have such a long meeting. If such a long meeting is held, most people's brains will explode. After all, Eden's distortion is not a true distortion of time. If it were to distort time, it would be too cost-effective for Eden, and the resources consumed would not be directly proportional to the return.

The essence of this distortion of time is a distortion of perception, which is similar to the smell of wool coming from a sheep.

"You are Hugh Abraham. I am Robert Felden, the chairman of the Ethics Committee. I really asked you to take time to attend the trial today. This should not delay your schedule. You are a very busy person now. Recently Several extraordinary newspapers, mainly [Wandman Newsletter], and other national extraordinary media are reporting on your deeds."

Not long after Xia Xiu entered the trial hall, he saw a gentle and elegant gentleman in his fifties walking towards him.

Robert Felden stood in front of Xia Xiu. He was of moderate height, and his age of over fifty had slight wrinkles and a hint of silver on his cheeks. His eyes are dark in color and surrounded by a circle of shallow wrinkles, proving the traces of time left on his face. The hair was mainly black, but with a few strands of white hair, neatly combed back.

Feilden's build is on the thin side, but well-proportioned. Wearing a crisp black suit, the buttons of the suit jacket were precisely buttoned, showing a rigorous image. The shirt is pure white with a neat collar, which contrasts sharply with the black tie. His shoes were also black, shiny and flawless, obviously well taken care of.

"It won't be delayed, President Felden. There are always so many things, and they won't become less immediately just because I stop." The blond young man smiled and stretched out his right hand to shake the gentleman's hand.

"That's good, please come with me, and we'll talk while we walk."

Feilden motioned for Xia Xiu to follow him, and then he led Xia Xiu towards the interior of the trial hall and the venue of this trial.

"Due to the nature of the work of the Kingdom of Heaven itself and the usual way of doing things, many people think that it is a joke that the Kingdom of Heaven has an ethics committee. Or they just know about the existence of the committee, but think that we are just a bunch of trash and a laughing stock. A bunch of idiots. It's meaningless, a temporary worker who only stamps "agree" but never dares to speak out against it.

How many ethics committee members does it take to change a lightbulb? No need for one! The Ethics Committee can't change anything, they can't interfere with the Kingdom of Heaven.

Jokes like this appear on various extraordinary forums. They are always laughing at our various behaviors. For example, today - the committee recalled the Disaster Bringer and the Three Crowns who were busy performing Honkai management tasks and saving the world. Hugh Abraham, king, regicide, and fourth sword-bearer in heaven.

And the purpose of our recalling him is to have him come to a meeting to judge a prisoner he captured. And during the trial, we will most likely not execute the entity, and to some extent we will I agree with some of his ideas..."

Robert Felden, who was walking in front of the blond young man, pushed open the door of the courtroom in front of him. His face showed a little bit of embarrassment, as if he was sorry for this matter.

"I'm so sorry, but it's necessary. Heaven and angels protect humans from abnormalities and gods, and we protect heaven and angels from themselves. We judge what heaven should and shouldn't do. We balance good and evil so that, generally and in the long run, evil is minimized. Even if it is cumbersome, even if it is pedantic, even if it is ridiculous, we have no choice in this regard... Yes, what a wonderful irony , isn’t it?”

"So, just once, just once. We hope that the fourth sword holder in the Kingdom of Heaven can experience our work."

The door of the court was pushed open, and the deep eyes of the chairman of the Ethics Committee looked directly at the blond young man, and the golden eyes of the blond young man showed a smile:

"That's the way it should be, that's the way it should be. It's not ridiculous."

After saying that, Xia Xiu stepped into the court. This was his first time to participate in an ethics trial by the ethics committee.

Today, for the first time, he will experience one of the many issues faced by the Ethics Committee, the core institution of the Kingdom of Heaven: the ethics of morality and justice.

The interior of the court was filled with a solemn and majestic atmosphere. A huge chandelier hung from the high ceiling, emitting soft yellow light and illuminating the entire court. The walls are hung with light wallpaper and are surrounded by dark wood wainscoting with gold patterns. On one side of the wall panel, hang the national emblem, demonstrating the sanctity and majesty of the law.

This place is very similar to a court in this world, except that the person sitting on the bench is not a judge, but the incarnation of the heavenly think tank, Eden.

The light ball-like Eden floats on the judge's bench. This is of course not its true body, but just one of its countless vests.

There is only the defendant's seat here, and there is a main prisoner standing on the seat. He is one of the main prisoners who planned the Monte Carlo anti-curtain movement and the former chief supervisor of the Monte Carlo financial regulatory agency: Francis Delacroix.

Delacroix's hands were bound by a ball of light, but he was neatly dressed,

The reason why he was able to stand in the trial hall was because in the cognitive scan of Eden and the ethical system test of the Ethics Committee, some of his actions were not illegal. His soul and the fundamental purpose of what he did were indeed It is for the extraordinary independence of the nation and people of Monte Carlo.

This is his view of justice.

[The ethics corrector is already in place——]

[The Clerk of the Kingdom of Heaven is in place——]

[The ethics committee is in place——]

[The Ethics Committee is officially online! 】

When Xia Xiu stood at his own corrective seat, Eden announced that the trial had begun.

"You..." Delacroix looked at the blond young man with a hint of horror. The sequelae of being infected by the elements made him feel as if he was seeing those indescribable things again when he looked at the blond young man. His stomach began to feel Cramping is an instinctive reaction due to fear.

[Emergency response detected, immune memu injection started——]

Delacroix only felt a pair of barbs protruding from the light that bound him in his hands. Along with a slight pain, he felt the symptoms of fear begin to slowly subside.

"It seems that I have brought you a very bad experience." The blond young man smiled at Delacroix.

Delacroix, whose fear began to subside partially, raised his head and glanced at the trial court. His eyes swept across the gentle ball of light on the chair, and then the Clerk of Heaven who participated in the trial through virtual projection and the members of the committee responsible for the trial this time. Feilden, finally, his eyes fell on the blond young man in the correction position.

"It seems that the reason why I was not executed immediately is because of the ineffective core institution of the Kingdom of Heaven that we have always laughed at when we were students... However, I should not be let go so easily."

"Well, indeed, in fact, the administrative agencies of the Kingdom of Heaven are mainly the Resolution Assembly, the Ethics Committee, and the Records and Information Security Management Department fully managed by Eden; these three have the power of life and death to decide whether you live or die. , I actually don’t want you to ask meaningless questions about what gives the Kingdom of Heaven such power. From a crude and fundamental point of view, this question is because the Kingdom of Heaven has a bigger fist, so it means whatever it says. From a philosophical point of view, , is the basic power of the Kingdom of Heaven given by the fundamental characteristics of [human supremacy] in the world of extraordinary quantification—the Kingdom of Heaven has the basic power to act on behalf of the will of all mankind.”

Robert Felden, who served as a member of the trial committee, explained to the prisoner.

"So, what is this trial for? You are right about me being arrested by you. You already have all the right to explain..."

"No, no, it's different. You still don't understand ethics and the significance of this trial. If we were really 100% correct, there would be no rebellion among the leadership at the resolution assembly, and we wouldn't be so foolish as to waste time with You are arguing here, what we want is the root, the root of the problem, the ethical issues based on justice." Felden clapped his hands and said something that caught Delacroix a little off guard.

[Beep——]

[The clerk issued a yellow warning to the ethics committee. They think your words, deeds, and rhetoric are slightly inappropriate——]

Feilden straightened his clothes as if nothing had happened. He seemed to be used to this kind of thing.

Xia Xiu, who was watching from the sidelines, was thinking: This old man is kind of cool.

"Now. Let's get back to business. What do you think your crime is?"

"I don't think I'm guilty."

"Very well, this is the basis of what we are going to discuss. You know, the Kingdom of Heaven has an abstract and conceptual recording habit of recording the "Pan-Heroic History of Humanity". Your behavior is in line with one of these to some extent. Behavioral rules.”

"I thought that anyone who disobeyed the Kingdom of Heaven was unjust." Delacroix smiled, with a sarcastic smile.

"There are so many people who are disobedient to the Kingdom of Heaven. You think we are doing everything right. Do you know what is humane? What is right and wrong, what is abnormal and cruel? No one asks this kind of question every day. Asked about retirement.

I have seen too many similar things like yours. Most people were crushed on the spot without even having a chance to speak, because your behavior is dangerous on a general level. But the motivation for your behavior is not like this. And, we’ve made the mistake of standing in the shadows and being butchers before. "

The chairman of the Ethics Committee looked at Delacroix and said:

“Every person has an inviolability based on justice that cannot be exceeded even in the name of the overall interests of society. Therefore, justice denies that it is justifiable to deprive others of their freedom in order to share the greater good. without recognizing that the greater benefits enjoyed by the many more than compensate for the sacrifices imposed on the few.”

"It is too abstract to say this. We assume justice in a utilitarian nature: in the overall human society, including transcendental beings, all people recognize certain behavioral norms as binding and make themselves Most of the behavior follows them.

And they are followed because, for humanity as a whole, they are cutting a large pie, and each of them prefers a larger share to a smaller one. This creates a conflict of interests. At this time, a series of principles are needed to guide the choice between various social arrangements that determine the distribution of interests, and to achieve a contract regarding the appropriate distribution of shares. These required principles are the principles of social justice. "

"The redistribution of interests is a problem that humans will always have to face. From this problem, countless secondary problems, concepts of justice, and principles of justice are derived."

“This is the problem we face today with people, people, and society.

We have defined [fair justice] and customized justice principles to maintain order. The most famous of them are two fundamental principles of justice:

The principle of equal freedom: cannot be violated under any circumstances. These freedoms include basic rights of speech, belief, assembly, property, etc., and on Terra, there are also extraordinary rights of independence. This is one of the fundamental contradictions that the Kingdom of Heaven has to face: every human being has the right to obtain and defend his or her own justice. , this is their personal view of justice; the kingdom of [human supremacy] represents the overall will of mankind and has the right to defend the existence of the veil.

Then, there is the principle of equality of opportunity and difference:

Open opportunities must be open to all, including lineage's supernatural powers, which means that everyone should have equal access to lineage and supernatural benefits.

If inequality is allowed, it must be consistent with the long-term expected interests of all people, especially the least advantaged group, also known as the principle of maximizing the interests of the smallest group or the difference principle. "

"This is also a problem we have to face. In terms of equality of extraordinary opportunities, Heaven and the Veil are undoubtedly unjust. This is why you criticize us. This is undeniable. However, before that, you are resorting to justice. Sometimes, it seems that the difference principle is often avoided.

If the Kingdom of Heaven really opens its curtains, I'm very curious how you would deal with this issue. In a relatively egalitarian and widowed society, this principle may be used to justify the expansion of differences-that is, if there is a future of the ultimate Those who are disadvantaged also bring the difference of greatest benefit. Why should this difference not be allowed to exist?

For example, you can let some people get rich first, and let the rich drive the poor. And the justice that is fostered in this way, the justice that allows differences, the justice that allows injustice, is it really justice? "

The chairman of the ethics committee looked directly at the prisoner in front of him.

"Delacroix, justice has fangs and a position."