Justice Quotes

"We should be skeptical of utilitarianism when it would sacrifice minorities for aggregate welfare."

"Society should be arranged so the least advantaged are as well off as possible."

"Background justice in distribution of wealth and income is as important as procedural fairness."

"Justice requires opening all positions and offices to fair competition regardless of background."

"Justice requires understanding the particular within the universal"

"Justice is the harmony of the whole"

"Where there is no property there is no injustice."

"Where there is not property, there is no justice."

"Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions."

"For laws are a power, as the common people conceive, not without reason."

"Covenants being but words and breath, have no force to oblige without the sword."

"Revenge is a kind of wild justice."

"Where there is no common power, there is no law."

"Treat people as ends, never merely as means"

"Revenge is a kind of wild justice"

"The fundamental principle of morality is the categorical imperative."

"The categorical imperative is the supreme principle of human conduct."

"A kingdom of ends is possible only if we treat all rational beings as ends in themselves."

"The will alone determines the moral worth of an action."

"A just society protects the rights of all its members equally."

"The moral law commands unconditionally, without exception."

"The principles of justice should be chosen behind a veil of ignorance, where no one knows their place in society."

"Justice cannot be achieved through the pursuit of self-interest alone; it requires impartial reasoning."

"Primary goods—liberty, opportunity, and income—should be distributed to benefit the least advantaged members of society."

"Justice as fairness applies to the basic structure, not to every transaction or decision within society."

"Background justice in institutions is necessary to ensure that fair terms of cooperation are maintained."

"The duty to support just institutions applies equally to all members of society."

"Justice requires that social arrangements benefit all members, not merely a privileged few."

"The natural duty of justice requires that we support and comply with fair institutions."

"Distributive justice is fundamentally about fair institutions, not individual acts of distribution."