Aristotle on Justice

Who was Aristotle?

 Aristotle (c. 384 B.C. to 322 B.C.) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and scientist who is
still considered one of the greatest thinkers in politics, psychology and ethics. When
Aristotle turned 17, he enrolled in Plato’s Academy. In 338, he began tutoring Alexander
the Great. In 335, Aristotle founded his own school, the Lyceum, in Athens, where he
spent most of the rest of his life studying, teaching and writing. Some of his most notable
works include Nichomachean Ethics, Politics, Metaphysics, Poetics and Prior Analytics.
What is the principal for Aristole’s concept of justice?

 Nicomachean Ethics, a book that is a companion to, and precedes, his Politics in
expository order.
What is Justice according to Aristotle

 He viewed justice into two types:

1. Universal Justice; and
2. Particular Justice
What is Universal Justice?

 Refers to the obedience to laws; that one should be virtuous

What is Particular Justice?

 Divided into two types : Distributive Justice and Remedial or Corrective Justice
Distributive Justice

 believes in proper and proportionate allocation of offices, honours, goods and services as
per their requirement being a citizen of the state.
Remedial or Corrective Justice:

 All laws related to commercial transactions are dealt within the remedial and corrective
actions. It aims to restore what an individual had lost due to the injustice of the society.
This justice prevents from encroachments of one right over the other.