Justice: 6 key ideas
The core ideas of Justice, each in under a minute, written in our own words. Want the full depth? Get the book.
- IDEA 1 OF 6
Three ideas of justice
Justice can mean maximising welfare, respecting freedom, or cultivating virtue.
Most debates mix all three.
- IDEA 2 OF 6
The trolley problem
Moral dilemmas reveal tension between outcomes and principles, such as whether you may harm one to save five.
- IDEA 3 OF 6
Markets and morals
Some goods are corrupted when bought and sold.
Ask what a market does to the thing being traded.
- IDEA 4 OF 6
Kant
Treat people as ends in themselves, never only as means.
- IDEA 5 OF 6
Rawls
Design society as if you didn't know your place in it, behind a veil of ignorance.
- IDEA 6 OF 6
Aristotle
Justice involves honouring the purpose of social practices and the virtues they serve.
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