Justice

The readings in Justice include the central philosophical statements about justice in society organized to illustrate both the political vision of a good society and different attempts at an analysis of the concept of justice.

Contents:

• Borges, “The Lottery in Babylon,” from Labyrinths
• Nozick, “Distributive Justice,” from Anarchy, State and Utopia
• Rawls, “Principles of Justice,” from A Theory of Justice
• Plato, “Justice,” from Republic
• Aristotle, “Justice,” from Nicomachean Ethics
• Aquinas, “Of Justice,” from Summa Theologica
• Leibniz, “Reflections on the Common Concept of Justice,” from Philosophical Papers and Letters
• Hume, “Of Justice,” from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
• Kant, “A Definition of Justice,” from The Metaphysical Elements of Justice
• Mill, “On the Connexion Between Justice and Utility,” from Utilitarianism
• Marx, “To Each According to His Needs,” from Critique of the Gotha Program
• Kelsen, “What is Justice?” from What is Justice?
• Nabokov, “About Mira Belochkin,” from Pnin
• Suggested Further Readings