Justice Quotes

"Law without the possibility of exception is law that has surrendered to mere administration."

"The concept of legality serves to legitimize the existing distribution of power."

"Legitimacy cannot be derived from procedure alone; it requires substantive agreement."

"Individuals have rights, and there are things no person or group may do to them without violating those rights."

"There is no justified sacrifice of some of us for others."

"One cannot require another to sacrifice their rights for the greater good."

"Patterned principles of distributive justice cannot be continuously realized."

"The entitlement theory holds that just distribution depends on how things came to be distributed."

"Rights serve as constraints on the actions others may perform."

"Historical principles of justice look to how something actually came about."

"One's holdings are just if one is entitled to them by justice in acquisition and transfer."

"We should understand rights as trumps held by individuals."

"Morality places absolute limits on what may be done to individuals."

"The distribution of goods must respect each person's inviolable rights."

"Rectificatory justice addresses wrongs and their appropriate remedies."

"Rights constrain what distributions are compatible with justice."

"Justice involves giving each person what they are entitled to by moral principle."

"Entitlements derive from just processes, not desired outcomes."

"Distribution is just when it flows from just prior distributions."

"One may not sacrifice innocent parties for the benefit of the majority."

"Distributive justice concerns the correct distribution of benefits and burdens."

"Justice requires that holdings be traceable to just transactions."

"Rights cannot be overridden for collective benefit or social improvement."

"Justice concerns the correct principles for allocating social goods."

"The just distribution emerges from just initial acquisitions and fair transfers."

"The colonization of the lifeworld by economic and administrative systems threatens authentic social reproduction."

"Ethical discourse requires that we consider the perspectives and interests of all affected parties."

"Patriarchy persists when certain voices are systematically excluded or devalued in discourse."

"We cannot have genuine dialogue while significant inequalities in power and resources persist."

"The welfare state must be deepened through democratization, not abandoned to market forces."