By equating justice with lawfulness Aristotle does not take into account the possibility of a law being unjust. It is not hard to come to the conclusion that some laws can be inherently unjust and through following them an evil is committed upon another. This contradiction is evident in Aristotle’s logic when he says, “evidently all lawful acts are in a sense just acts; for the acts laid down by the legislative art are lawful, and each of these, we say, is just” (6). He does not take into account the possibility of a person who, while being unlawful, remains just. If moral virtue is attained through habit and one’s morality tells you no to follow a certain law, have you committed a vice? This is one of the ambiguities that lie within Aristotle’s
