Single Idea 21028

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

Full Idea

We have identified three ways of approaching the distribution of goods: welfare, freedom and virtue. ...and these are three ways of thinking about justice.

Gist of Idea

We can approach justice through welfare, or freedom, or virtue

Source

Michael J. Sandel (Justice: What's the right thing to do? [2009], 01)

Book Reference

Sandel,Michael J.: 'Justice: what's the right thing to do?' [Penguin 2010], p.19


A Reaction

Virtue is Sandel's distinctively Aristotelian contribution to the problem. The best known instance of justice is punishment, which is a distribution of harms.

Related Idea

Idea 21017 Political freedom is an incoherent project, because some freedoms limit other freedoms [Nussbaum]