Single Idea 2825

[catalogued under 25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice]

Full Idea

In a state the good aimed at is justice; and that means what is for the benefit of the whole community; and all men believe that justice means equality in some sense.

Gist of Idea

The good is obviously justice, which benefits the whole community, and involves equality in some sense

Source

Aristotle (Politics [c.332 BCE], 1282b17)

Book Reference

Aristotle: 'Politics', ed/tr. Sinclair,T.A. /Saunders,T. [Penguin 1992], p.207


A Reaction

Aristotle's idea of justice seems closer to finding what is appropriate than it does to mere equality of treatment.