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Single Idea 21027
[filed under theme 25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
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Full Idea
To ask whether a society is just is to ask how we distribute the things we prize - income and wealth, duties and rights, powers and opportunities, offices and honours.
Gist of Idea
Justice concerns how a society distributes what it prizes - wealth, rights, power and honours
Source
Michael J. Sandel (Justice: What's the right thing to do? [2009], 01)
Book Ref
Sandel,Michael J.: 'Justice: what's the right thing to do?' [Penguin 2010], p.19
A Reaction
There is, of course, the prior question of what things should be controlled by a society for distribution. But there is also justice in the promotional and pay structure of institutions within a society, including private institutions.
Related Idea
Idea 21028
We can approach justice through welfare, or freedom, or virtue [Sandel]
The
19 ideas
from 'Justice: What's the right thing to do?'
21028
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We can approach justice through welfare, or freedom, or virtue
[Sandel]
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21027
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Justice concerns how a society distributes what it prizes - wealth, rights, power and honours
[Sandel]
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21032
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Speak truth only to those who deserve the truth
[Sandel]
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21033
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Careful evasions of truth at least show respect for it
[Sandel]
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21030
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The categorical imperative is not the Golden Rule, which concerns contingent desires
[Sandel]
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21031
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Man cannot dispose of himself, because he is not a thing to be owned
[Sandel]
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21034
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A just constitution harmonises the different freedoms
[Sandel]
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21035
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Just visiting (and using roads) is hardly ratifying the Constitution
[Sandel]
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21037
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A ratified constitution may not be a just constitution
[Sandel]
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21038
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Does consent create the obligation, or must there be some benefit?
[Sandel]
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21039
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Moral contracts involve both consent and reciprocity; making the deal, and keeping it
[Sandel]
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21036
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Not all deals are fair deals
[Sandel]
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21040
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Libertarians just want formal equality in a free market; the meritocratic view wants fair equality
[Sandel]
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21042
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Should we redress wrongs done by a previous generation?
[Sandel]
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21043
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Distributive justice concern deserts, as well as who gets what
[Sandel]
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21048
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Work is not fair if it is negotiated, even in a fair situation, but if it suits the nature of the worker
[Sandel]
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21045
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Teleological thinking is essential for social and political issues
[Sandel]
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21049
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Liberal freedom was a response to assigned destinies like caste and class
[Sandel]
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21052
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Justice is about how we value things, and not just about distributions
[Sandel]
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