Justice Quotes

"The question of distributive justice is fundamentally about process, not pattern."

"Just holdings cannot be unjust merely because they fail to match a pattern."

"Injustice results from violations of acquisition, transfer, or rectification principles."

"Patterned justice requires constant interference with individual liberty."

"Justice emerges from respecting individual rights, not from achieving goals."

"The entitlement conception of justice is superior to patterned or end-state views."

"Justice must be blind to all but the truth."

"Prejudice is the assumption that we understand others without effort."

"Justice is a human virtue which overcomes a particular kind of conflict in human life."

"The concept of justice has a history, and it is only intelligible in its historical context."

"Justice requires understanding the good of the whole community."

"Justice is a human invention, not a natural law."

"Justice must be grounded in consistent application of principles."

"The basic structure of society is the primary subject of justice."

"Justice as fairness is not a complete contract theory. It is a theory of the basic structure of society."

"A just society must ensure that inequalities benefit the least advantaged members."

"We should not assume that existing institutions are just simply because they exist."

"Stability is a crucial test of any conception of justice."

"The veil of ignorance ensures that principles are chosen fairly."

"The capacity for a sense of justice is fundamental to human nature."

"The difference principle permits inequalities only if they benefit the worst-off."

"Justice requires that institutions be arranged to benefit the least advantaged."

"The right is prior to the good in a theory of justice."

"Civil disobedience can be justified when fundamental injustices persist."

"Background justice requires fair distribution of resources and opportunities."

"Pure procedural justice applies when there is no independent criterion of fair outcomes."

"Justice as fairness aims to reconcile democracy with individual rights."

"Justice requires that we treat persons as ends, never merely as means."

"The principles of justice are those that free and equal persons would agree to."

"Fair procedures do not guarantee just outcomes in all circumstances."