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Full Idea
Diogenes of Babylon defined justice as the disposition which distributes to everyone what he deserves.
Gist of Idea
Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert
Source
report of Diogenes (Bab) (fragments/reports [c.180 BCE]) by D.L. Blank - Diogenes of Babylon
Book Ref
'Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy', ed/tr. Zeyl,Donald J. [Fitzroy Dearborn 1997], p.193
A Reaction
The questions that arise would be 'what does a new-born baby deserve?', and 'what do animals deserve?', and 'does the lowest and worst of criminals deserve anything at all?'
5999 | The good is what is perfect by nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
6000 | The goal is rationality in the selection of things according to nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
6001 | Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |