ox bow again

I was looking again at the Ox-Bow incident, as it may actually be my favorite novel from this course.  It makes me with I remembered more philosophy from my perspectives class, because I have the feeling there are comparisons I could make that I am otherwise missing.  In any case, I was looking at two of the larger sections of discourse on justice from the two major players against (well, as much against as they can be while still being members) the lynch mob.  The first is Davies, who on page 53, makes a number of claims on Justice.  He believes that mankind has an innate sense of justice.  Later, on page 117 , Tetley’s son makes a similar claim.  They agree only on this one thing, however.  Davies believes that the reason we can know what justice is, is because it appears in one form or another in every society we create.  Tetley seems to believe in a similar sense of conscience in mankind, but that we will always subvert it.  We have the knowledge of what is right and we almost never choose it.  He believes this makes us the lowest animal.