Justice
Two meanings
Anything legal is just
Law instructs us to be virtuous
Prohibits us from being vicious
Justice is equivalent to virtue
Wide sense
Being unjust is acting graspingly
Narrow sense
Seek gain more than one's fair share
Everyone receives their due
There are two kinds of justice as fairness
Justice in the distribution of what is good and bad
Treat equals equally
If people are unequal then we should treat their differences proportionally
People should receive goods according to their merit
Justice is rectification
Injustice needs to be set right or corrected
Focus on injustice not individuals
Removing the unjust gain of avoiding suffering
Intermediate between acting unjustly and being unjustly treated
Development
Unjust state of affairs
Unjust distribution
Not the result of what anyone has done
Unjust act
Act that results in injustice
Involuntary action
To do an unjust act voluntarily is to act unjustly
The person acts with knowledge but has not deliberated
To do an unjust act by choice is to be unjust
Worst form of unjust act