The Verdict is in – Wise judgment or Selfish Strat

Have you heard of the story of King Solomon’s so called wisdom in the judgment of a trial to determine a child’s real mother? The story started with two women arguing and each claiming to be the child’s real mother. The women both seek the aid of the king to decide on what to do with their problem and the king proposed to split the baby into two, giving each woman half of it. One woman coldly agreed to the solution while the other begged to let the other have the whole baby instead. The king pronounced the woman who asked to spare the baby’s life as the real mother.  

One can say that the king’s decision has been good for the welfare of the child, but did he really make the right call of determining the baby’s real mother? He based his judgment on the behavior shown by both women thinking that no real mother will do any harm to her own child. Did he really make the right judgment? Probably yes, if we are talking about the best interest for the child. However, on determining the child’s real mother? We can’t be that certain, especially these days. We can only assume that the judgment is passed for the best interest of both parties – one woman concerned for the baby and the other, who didn’t really care of having the baby or not.  

However, how can one say that the judgment being passed by one person is good? Now that we are living in a world bounded by a range kind of rights, rules, policies, agreements, and laws, one judgment or decision is no longer that easy to pass especially if a number of people will be affected by it. Judgments and decisions made by every person, not only by those in court trials, arguments, investigations and others but even in every move we make. The process of coming up with a decision may often take longer than expected since certain laws had been established in every aspect and people carefully checked on each case such that every judgment made abides the written laws and also has considerable justification with every evidence being presented. Each of us seeks for every logical reason possible behind every move made and all possible angles as well substantial evidence which lead us into our own judgment. One can say that judgment is not that hard when the basis is being made only on the visible and concrete proofs. However, what made it difficult for one to come up with a final decision is when their judgment is affected by a variety of other reasons – the trust being established by one person to the another, influence of other people surrounding the person, the reputation to be protected, while some on their own intuition or gut feeling, and some thinking about the benefits they can get with the judgment they make. This is when the strategy steps in.  

One example of some strategies is when most people undergoing through some court trials are advised to limit the words that they will share to other people like the media people about the case because every word they say can be used against them. Lawyers often plan the move their client makes from the words they speak and to the behavior one should act to make some good impression and make each of their statements plausible to the others. Even in the different elections in many countries and the decisions made by most leaders are carefully studied to boost their image and get good criticism from the majority of the people and a lot of other scenarios.  

Passing judgment is not always an easy thing to do, but defending such judgment is even more complicated. Whether or not other people agree on the verdict, the important thing is decisions have to be made and as long as there are people who are not convinced or satisfied with the decision, they can always undergo the same process over again. One’s judgment can always change in time but the more important question which matters most to us is if the judgment being made is good for all the people involved.