Full Idea
Justice is not only about the right way to distribute things. It is also about the right way to value things.
Gist of Idea
Justice is about how we value things, and not just about distributions
Source
Michael J. Sandel (Justice: What's the right thing to do? [2009], 10)
Book Reference
Sandel,Michael J.: 'Justice: what's the right thing to do?' [Penguin 2010], p.261
A Reaction
This is Sandel's distinctively Aristotelian contribution to the justice debate - with which I have great sympathy. And, as he argues, the values of things arise out of assessing their essential natures.