Title: Justice - Wikipedia
Headings: Justice
Justice
Contents
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

Content: Social contract theory said that justice is derived from the mutual agreement of everyone. In the 1800s, utilitarian philosophers such as John Stuart Mill said that justice is based on the best outcomes for the greatest number of people. Theories of distributive justice study what is to be distributed, between whom they are to be distributed, and what is the proper distribution. Egalitarians have said that justice can only exist within the coordinates of equality. John Rawls used a social contract theory to say that justice, and especially distributive justice, is a form of fairness. Robert Nozick and others said that property rights, also within the realm of distributive justice and natural law, maximizes the overall wealth of an economic system. Theories of retributive justice say that wrongdoing should be punished to insure justice. The closely related restorative justice (also sometimes called "reparative justice") is an approach to justice that focuses on the needs of victims and offenders. Contents
1 Harmony
2 Divine command
3 Natural law
3.1 Despotism and skepticism
3.2 Mutual agreement
3.3 Subordinate value
4 Theories of distributive justice
4.1 Social justice
4.2 Fairness
4.3 Property rights
4.4 Welfare-maximization
5 Theories of retributive justice
5.1 Utilitarianism
5.2 Retributivism
5.3 Restorative justice
5.4 Mixed theories
6 Theories
6.1 Rawls' theory of justice
6.2 Equality
6.3 Equality before the law
6.4 Relational justice
6.5 Classical liberalism
6.6 Religion and spirituality
6.6.1 Abrahamic justice
6.7 Theories of sentencing
6.8 Evolutionary perspectives
6.9 Reactions to fairness
6.10 Institutions and justice
7 See also
7.1 Other pages
7.2 Types of justice
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Harmony
Main article: The Republic (Plato)
Justice by Luca Giordano
In his dialogue Republic, Plato uses Socrates to argue for justice that covers both the just person and the just City State.