SOCIOL 2309 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Retributive Justice, Legal Realism, Distributive Justice
9 Sep 2016
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Chapter 2: what is justice, justice treating equals equally and unequals unequally according to relevant differences (aristotle, distributive justice. Distributive justice form of justice concerned with how a political entity such as a nation distributes its resources. About rightful, merited, deserved distribution; not about need. Just distribution depends on the individual"s contributions and value to the community. Two people may have identical needs, but one of them may deserve a much greater proportion because of his/her contributions to community. There are times when some people get less than they deserve because others have acquired more than their share. Only when accumulation of resources is exploitive that it becomes unjust: retributive justice. Retributive justice form of justice concerned with how a society"s system of law goes about determining guilt or innocence, and then how it goes about determining the proper sentence. Substantive retributive justice: involved people getting what they rightly deserve according to their behavior.
