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]