Justice Quotes

"Coercive redistribution fails to respect the moral agency of those coerced."

"Rights act as side constraints on the pursuit of social good."

"Patterned approaches to justice inevitably fail to preserve their patterns without continual coercion."

"Rights violations cannot be justified by reference to overall social benefits."

"Justice requires holding people accountable only for their own choices, not those of others."

"Distributive justice must account for the actual historical process of acquisition."

"The entitlement theory respects both how holdings are acquired and how they are transferred."

"Justice emerges from respecting the choices and agency of all individuals."

"The entitlement theory provides a process-based account of justice."

"Coercive redistribution violates the rights of those from whom resources are taken."

"Justice requires respecting how people have acquired and transferred their holdings."

"A just distribution is not determined by a formula but by a process of voluntary transactions."

"Justice emerges from respecting the historical process through which holdings arose."

"The primary good that a well-ordered society distributes is basic rights and liberties."

"A just society must be arranged to benefit the least advantaged members."

"Justice requires that we consider the perspective of those worst off."

"The difference principle allows inequalities only if they benefit the least advantaged."

"Justice as fairness aims to reconcile the demands of liberty and equality."

"Properties and relations between citizens must be arranged according to principles all could accept."

"A just basic structure does not guarantee just transactions between individuals."

"A fair system of social cooperation regulates the background institutions that shape life prospects."

"Inequality is justified only when it works to everyone's advantage, particularly the least advantaged."

"Justice demands that we abstract from knowledge of which generation we belong to."

"The principles of justice apply to the basic structure, not directly to individual transactions."

"The worst off in society must have the best possible circumstances under a just arrangement."

"A conception of justice guides the basic structure and coordinates citizens' expectations."

"Justice forbids using citizens as mere means for advancing aggregate social welfare."

"Fair procedures are needed because we cannot directly compare different persons' well-being."

"The difference principle connects the distribution of advantages to the benefit of all."

"A just basic structure must minimize the influence of morally arbitrary factors on life prospects."