Justice Quotes

"Our moral intuitions often conflict with each other in surprising ways."

"The concept of justice requires balancing competing considerations."

"The scope of moral responsibility is narrower than common sense suggests."

"Moral agency requires the capacity for self-governance and reflection."

"Moral responsibility presupposes a distinction between action and mere happening."

"Moral disagreement often reflects differences in how we weigh competing values."

"Justice without mercy is merely vengeance dressed in authority."

"Justice delayed is justice that becomes unrecognizable."

"In the realm of ideas, integrity is the most valuable currency."

"Moral epistemology examines how we know right from wrong."

"Moral progress requires both reason and sensitivity to suffering."

"Responsibility follows from our capacity for knowledge and choice."

"Moral knowledge differs from factual knowledge in important ways."

"The connection between knowing and doing reveals ethics in epistemology."

"Transparency in numbers is a form of respect for the people who must act on them."

"In a world of information asymmetry, statistical literacy is a form of justice."

"The democratization of statistical literacy is one of the great unfinished projects of education."

"Justice delayed is justice denied, but justice rushed is injustice assured."

"Justice is not vengeance; it is restoration."

"Justice is the foundation of a just society."

"Justice is love in its most practical form."

"Moral principles must be grounded in something more than mere preference or culture."

"The concept of property rights has no simple philosophical justification."

"The relationship between rules and particulars troubles moral theory in fundamental ways."

"Moral luck shows that our judgments about responsibility are less rational than we believe."

"The concept of human nature has moral and political implications that warrant careful examination."

"Justice requires courage and conviction."

"The fight for what's right never ends."

"Justice requires both individual rights and collective welfare."

"Justice delayed is justice denied but also hastily delivered justice is often unjust."