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Single Idea 4559
[filed under theme 23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
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Full Idea
One desires freedom as long as one does not possess power. Once one does possess it, one desires to overpower; if one cannot do that (if one is too weak), one desires 'justice', i.e. equal power.
Gist of Idea
When powerless one desires freedom; if power is too weak, one desires equal power ('justice')
Source
Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §784)
Book Ref
Nietzsche,Friedrich: 'The Will to Power', ed/tr. Kaufmann,W /Hollingdate,R [Vintage 1968], p.412
A Reaction
Personally I hope the Martians have freedom and justice, but that is presumably just a sublimation. People have given up power for freedom and justice.
The
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with the same theme
[correct behaviour towards other people]:
5244
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For Pythagoreans, justice is simply treating all people the same
[Pythagoras, by Aristotle]
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441
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Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon
[Epicharmus]
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346
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One ought not to return a wrong or injury to any person, whatever the provocation
[Socrates]
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119
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A criminal is worse off if he avoids punishment
[Plato]
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129
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Do most people praise self-discipline and justice because they are too timid to gain their own pleasure?
[Plato]
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266
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Injustice is the mastery of the soul by bad feelings, even if they do not lead to harm
[Plato]
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2092
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Simonides said morality is helping one's friends and harming one's enemies
[Plato]
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23562
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If the parts of our soul do their correct work, we will be just people, and will act justly
[Plato]
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5151
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Justice concerns our behaviour in dealing with other people
[Aristotle]
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4389
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What emotion is displayed in justice, and what are its deficiency and excess?
[Urmson on Aristotle]
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5240
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The word 'unjust' describes law-breaking and exploitation
[Aristotle]
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5242
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Justice is whatever creates or preserves social happiness
[Aristotle]
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23556
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Particular justice concerns specific temptations, but universal justice concerns the whole character
[Aristotle]
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5261
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Between friends there is no need for justice
[Aristotle]
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22553
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Justice is a virtue of communities
[Aristotle]
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14513
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Justice is a pledge of mutual protection
[Epicurus]
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500
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The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the person wronged
[Democritus (attr)]
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6001
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Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert
[Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank]
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6288
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Don't resist evil, but turn the other cheek
[Jesus]
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6822
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Those who avenge themselves when wronged incur no guilt
[Mohammed]
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23177
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Justice directs our relations with others, because it denotes a kind of equality
[Aquinas]
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2376
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Injustice is the failure to keep a contract, and justice is the constant will to give what is owed
[Hobbes]
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23560
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If we all naturally had everything we could ever desire, the virtue of justice would be irrelevant
[Hume]
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3922
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Justice only exists to support society
[Hume]
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14816
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Justice (fairness) originates among roughly equal powers (as the Melian dialogues show)
[Nietzsche]
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4559
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When powerless one desires freedom; if power is too weak, one desires equal power ('justice')
[Nietzsche]
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22472
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The practice of justice may well need a recognition of human equality
[Foot]
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22479
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Observing justice is necessary to humans, like hunting to wolves or dancing to bees
[Foot]
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8001
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'Dikaiosune' is justice, but also fairness and personal integrity
[MacIntyre]
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4286
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Only just people will drop their own self-interests when faced with an impartial verdict
[Scruton]
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