Full Idea
The description 'just' is applicable only to the benefit conferred or injury inflicted by someone with a just character and outlook.
Gist of Idea
An action is only just if it is performed by someone with a just character and outlook
Source
Plato (The Laws [c.349 BCE], 862b)
Book Reference
Plato: 'The Laws', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1970], p.371
A Reaction
How should we describe the occasional administering of good justice by a generally wicked judge. Greeks focus on character, but moderns focus on actions.