justice
n.
equality, rightness, fairness; support of what is good and right, righteousness; administration of the appropriate punishment or reward, retribution; judicature; judge, magistrate
JUSTICE
Justice
Justice concerns the proper ordering of
things and
persons within a
society. As a concept it has been subject to
philosophical,
legal, and
theological reflection and debate throughout
history.Discussions of justice can be divided into two broad fields.
Distributive justice is concerned with the proper distribution of good things - wealth, power, reward, respect - between different people. So, for instance,
egalitarianism is a theory of distributive justice which says that the proper distribution of wealth (and perhaps other goods) is an equal distribution: no-one in the relevant group should have more or less than anyone else in that group.
Retributive justice is concerned with the proper response to wrongdoing. So, for instance, the
lex talionis (law of retaliation) is a theory of retributive justice which says that the proper punishment is equal to the wrong suffered: "life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, wound for wound, stripe for stripe."
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justice (f)
n.
fairness, justice, law, judicature, justness
justiçar
v.
execute, put to death
Justice
(v. t.)
To administer justice to.
(a.)
The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.
(a.)
The quality of being just; conformity to the principles of righteousness and rectitude in all things; strict performance of moral obligations; practical conformity to human or divine law; integrity in the dealings of men with each other; rectitude; equity; uprightness.
(a.)
Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice.
(a.)
Agreeableness to right; equity; justness; as, the justice of a claim.
(a.)
A person duly commissioned to hold courts, or to try and decide controversies and administer justice.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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