Just World Theory and Confucius

So one thing that interested me in discussion today was the different ideas of "justice" and how best to deal with crime. In the ideal Confucian society, crime would not be something that needs to be dealt with, as everyone would be living life in a way that creates harmony. Which probably makes the ideal Confucian society the only time when Just World Theory (good things happen to good people, and bad things happen to bad people) is actually true. However, in the non-theoretical world, Just World Theory breaks down quickly: in the words of Gandalf the Grey "Many that live deserve death. Some who die deserve life." (Fellowship of the Ring). Because of this, we have many different ideas about how to take care of the problem crime presents, and as a culture we seem to be, for better or worse (I vote worse) away from a Confucian way of dealing with crime, and towards a system that seems on its way to becoming draconian is some ways. I guess my question would be how would we start changing things in order to bring about a more Confucian system of dealing with crime?

Starting Confucius

One part of the seemingly hierarchical system that Confucius wants to see exist that I find interesting is the many many different possible ways one could address someone they are talking to, depending entirely on the relationship between the two speakers. By creating a system (or perhaps building on top of a system) that has such a heavily structured system of addressing ones fellow members of society, Confucius is also in a very effective way advocating for a system that creates very clear communication between people. By having such an extensive set of rules for communication, it would seem near impossible for one to misunderstand something due to ambiguity. You could almost say that Confucius was trying to make it easier for people to understand one another as a part of his ideal for how people should behave.

Not really sure if I have a question for this one, but it's something I though was interesting.

Messiahs as a Human Universal

So one of the things that intrigued me was the idea that a messiah-like figure is a universal constant in human literature. The idea that we will at some point have this one savior who will appear and show us the way to salvation/victory/a better life shows up in all kinds of stories, especially those that have to do with the ending of the world. Since humans are a social species, this is interesting since due to the shift in focus away from the group as a whole, and to an individual leader-figure. One wonders why a social species would have such a universal agreement that when everything seems to be (literally or figuratively) going to hell, there should be one single figure to guide us forward.

Thoughts on this anyone?