Justice Quotes

"Rectification addresses past unjust acquisition or violation of transfer rights."

"The justice of holdings turns on the justice of their acquisition and transfer."

"Rights function as side constraints, not as goals to maximize."

"Justice in holdings is backward-looking, concerned with process and history."

"Tolerance does not mean tolerating the intolerant."

"Justice requires not just laws but the constant examination of whether laws are just."

"Morality is not discovered; it is created by human convention."

"Justice requires that we treat similar cases similarly."

"Justice cannot be understood apart from the concept of a practice within a tradition."

"Justice is always justice within some community and according to some shared understanding of the good."

"Justice requires not just individual virtue but the proper ordering of social institutions."

"Justice is never merely procedural but always involves substantive judgments about the common good."

"Justice within a community requires a shared understanding of the common good."

"The basic structure of society must be arranged for the greatest benefit of the least advantaged members."

"Justice as fairness requires that inequalities benefit those who are worst off."

"Fair equality of opportunity demands more than formal non-discrimination."

"Inequalities in wealth and power must satisfy the difference principle."

"Rawls's theory rejects utilitarian aggregation in favor of individual rights."

"A just basic structure is the first virtue of social institutions."

"A fair distribution of natural talents would be one that no one could resent."

"Procedural justice alone cannot guarantee fair outcomes without the right substantive principles."

"Background justice requires continuous correction to prevent unjust accumulation of advantage."

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

"A just society provides genuine equality of fair opportunity, not merely formal equality."

"The least advantaged deserve priority in the distribution of social primary goods."

"Justice forbids arrangements that impose unjustified burdens on any member of society."

"The difference principle reflects a conception of reciprocity among citizens."

"Injustice arises when institutions systematically advantage some groups over others."

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

"The fundamental question is whether people have the right to do as they wish with their own holdings."