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Full Idea
Justice consists of granting the 'equality' which unequals deserve to get.
Gist of Idea
Justice is granting the equality which unequals deserve
Source
Plato (The Laws [c.348 BCE], 757d)
Book Ref
Plato: 'The Laws', ed/tr. Saunders,Trevor J [Penguin 1970], p.230
A Reaction
Beautifully simple, and hard to improve on. It shows the close link between equality and justice, but shows why they are not the same. The main debate about justice concerns the criteria for 'deserving'.