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Justice: Justice can be understood as the fair and impartial treatment of all people. It is often associated with the law. Some key elements are fairnes, equality, proportionality, accountability. See also Law, Rights, Equality, Impartiality._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Henry Sidgwick on Justice - Dictionary of Arguments
Rawls I 58 Justice/Laws/Equality/Sidgwick/Rawls: Sidgwick emphasizes that equality in the sense of equal application of laws and institutions to all parts of the concept of law and institution.(1) >Equality, >Equal rights. Rawls I 59 Sidgwick: Nevertheless, it is obvious that laws and institutions are unfair, even though they are applied equally to everyone. Equal treatment of similar cases does not guarantee substantive justice. >Institutions, >Laws. 1. Sidgwick, H. The Methods of Ethics, 7th ed. London 1907, p. 267._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Sidgwick I Henry Sidgwick Methods of Ethics 2017 Rawl I J. Rawls A Theory of Justice: Original Edition Oxford 2005 |