Title: Justice - Wikipedia
Headings: Justice
Justice
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Harmony
Divine command
Natural law
Despotism and skepticism
Mutual agreement
Subordinate value
Theories of distributive justice
Social justice
Fairness
Property rights
Welfare-maximization
Theories of retributive justice
Utilitarianism
Retributivism
Restorative justice
Mixed theories
Theories
Rawls' theory of justice
Equality
Equality before the law
Relational justice
Classical liberalism
Religion and spirituality
Abrahamic justice
Theories of sentencing
Evolutionary perspectives
Reactions to fairness
Institutions and justice
See also
Other pages
Types of justice
References
Further reading
External links

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Justice
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Concept of moral fairness and administration of the law
For other uses, see Justice (disambiguation). Justitia by Maarten van Heemskerk, 1556. Justitia carries symbolic items such as: a sword, scales and a blindfold
Justice, one of the four cardinal virtues, by Vitruvio Alberi, 1589–1590. Fresco, corner of the vault, studiolo of the Madonna of Mercy, Palazzo Altemps, Rome
Justice, in its broadest sense, is the principle that people receive that which they deserve, with the interpretation of what then constitutes "deserving" being impacted upon by numerous fields, with many differing viewpoints and perspectives, including the concepts of moral correctness based on ethics, rationality, law, religion, equity and fairness. Consequently, the application of justice differs in every culture. Early theories of justice were set out by the Ancient Greek philosophers Plato in his work The Republic, and Aristotle in his Nicomachean Ethics. Throughout history various theories have been established. Advocates of divine command theory have said that justice issues from God. In the 1600s, philosophers such as John Locke said that justice derives from natural law.