CRM 322 Lecture Notes - Distributive Justice, Civil Disobedience, Innocence Project
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What is just and what is good is not always the same. Means the same value, rights or treatment between all in a specific group. Impartiality is related to fairness and means not favoring one party or interest over another. The concept of justice originates in the greek word dike, which refers to everything staying in its proper place. Plato believed justice was achieved by maintaining the social status quo. He classified it as one of the four civic virtues ( along with wisdom, temperance and courage) Aristotle believed justice was the basis of law, defining it as the unwritten customs of a people that distinguish between what is and is not honorable. He said that a lack of freedom and opportunity for slaves and women did not conflict with justice as long as the individual was best suited for the role, by nature, he or she was best suited.
