PHL * K101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Distributive Justice
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Two senses: as lawfulness, as fairness (as equality) Distributive justice- fair or equal distribution of: honors, wealth, safety. Distributive justice is prior to corrective justice. Crime and punishment depend on what counts as crime, what equalities are established. Proportional equality: allows for just inequalities (ex: grades in a class) distributive justice in the politics. 2 criteria for classifying constitutions: aim of rulers- in whose interests do they rule, basis of distribution of offices (political authority, example: oligarchy distribution is based on wealth and democracy based on free birth. 2 main questions: scope: what things are distributed, for aristotle, offices, wealth (land) safety. Also burdens, eg taxes, military service: basis of distribution of benefits and burdens, principles of proportional equality: benefits and burdens distributed in proportion to the words of the citizens. By aim- promoting the interests of the rulers only vs.
