We explain what impartiality is, various examples and what is the principle of impartiality in the State. Also, what is bias.
What is fairness?
Impartiality is the ability of a person or one institution to pass judgment or make a decision objectively, that is, considering only the factors strictly involved and without taking into account their own subjectivity or their interests. Thus, an impartial decision is understood to be an objective decision, lacking vices Y prejudices.
Impartiality is considered a value in certain contexts, especially in the judicial, since the notion of Justice it is very closely related to it. As the proverb says, you cannot “be a judge and a party”, that is, you cannot aspire to justice and at the same time be partial, that is, have interests own in the matter to decide.
Thus, we aspire to impartiality when facing the reality clearly and transparently, without ulterior motives. Not only the judges, but also the sports referees, traffic inspectors, policemen and all those who, in our society, exercise a can, since this entails the responsibility, precisely, to use it impartially, that is, never for selfish and personal benefit.
Partial and impartial
The opposite term for impartiality is partiality, to the same extent that impartial is opposed to partial, as the prefix in- (turned to im by spelling rules) indicates.
These terms come from Latin partialis ("That has to do with a part"), and are linked to pars Y you part ("Party", "portion" or "faction") in the same sense as the terms party (political) or partisan. In that sense, the impartial is that which does not lean anywhere, and the partial is the attitude that benefits a particular position.
Examples of fairness
The following cases are examples of impartiality:
- A detective who discovers that a relative of his is involved in the case he is investigating, and yet continues with his work, without his personal connection hindering the investigation.
- A judge who must prosecute a person who hates, but who is innocent, and whose feelings do not lead him to try to convict him anyway.
- A European soccer referee who stays as objective as possible in a match between Germany and Brazil, despite his preferences being with the European team.
Principle of impartiality
The principle of impartiality is known as the commandment that governs the public function and that is contemplated in the Constitution of many countries, according to which everyone to whom the Condition grant a quota of power, you must exercise it for the common benefit and not for his own, so he is obliged to take an impartial position.
In fact, in the opposite case, in which the public or administrative tasks of a official are carried out in such a way that they benefit only him, or that put his enrichment before the welfare of the nation, are considered cases of corruption, embezzlement or other criminal administrative forms, that is, punishable in any case by the law.