PHIL 348 Chapter Notes -Forego, General Position
23 Nov 2012
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The fundamental idea in the concept of justice is fairness (162). I consider justice only as a virtue of social institutions, or what i shall call practices (162). Justice is not to be confused with an all-inclusive vision of a good society; it is only one part of any such conception (162). Justice = the elimination of arbitrary distinctions and the establishment, within the structure of a practice, of a proper balance between competing claims (162). These principles express justice as a complex of three ideas, liberty, equality, and reward for services contributing to the common good (163). The first principle is thus limited by the second one. Equal liberty is defined by the pattern of rights and duties, powers and liabilities, established by a practice (163). That similar particular cases, as defined by a practice, should be treated similarly as they arise, is part of the very concept of a practice
