Basics of Justice

Justice concerns the proper ordering of things and persons within a society.

Discussions of justice can be divided into two broad fields.

A: Distributive justice is concerned with the proper distribution of good things - wealth, power, reward, respect - between different people.

B: Retributive justice is concerned with the proper response to wrongdoing.

The source of justice has variously been attributed to harmony, divine command, natural law, or human creation. It may be considered subordinate to a different ethical value.