Justice
Justice
By:Ronald L. Cohen
Published on 1986-10-31 by Springer Science & Business Media
Ronald L. Cohen Justice is a central moral standard in social life. It is invoked in judging individual persons and in judging the basic structure of societies. It has been described as akin to a |human hunger or thirst| (Pascal, Pensees, cited in Hirschman, 1982, p. 91), |more powerful than any physical hunger, and endlessly resilient| (Pitkin, 1981, p. 349). The most prominent contemporary theory of justice proceeds from the claim that justice is |the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is systems of thought| (Rawls, 1971, p. 3). However, as the following chapters demonstrate, justice has a complex and controversial history. If, as has been claimed, justice is a central category of human thought and a central aspect of human motivation, can it also be the case that to invoke justice is no more than |banging on the table: an emotional expression which turns one's demand into an absolute postulate| (Ross, 1959, p. 274)? If justice is the first virtue of social institutions, can the concept of social or economic justice at the same time be |entirely empty and meaningless| so that any attempt to employ it is |either thoughtless or fraudulent| (Hayek, 1976, pp. xi-xii)? In a formal sense, justice concerns ensuring that each person receives what she or he is due.
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