Justice Vs Unjust Analysis

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Justice, synonymous to the word “fair” or in other words “treating like cases alike” (Schmidtz, n.d.). Suppose there are two folks who killed a man, yet the other was done out of self defense, would it still be accepted that the person who killed another due to defense get the same judgment as compared to the other who intentionally took another man’s life? Alike cases in action as to both of them killing a person but differ in context. On the other hand, justice may also be defined as making sacrifices for the common good. For actions caused for self-profitability and advantageous for one’s self are called unjust. According to The Republic, a just man paying for his taxes compared to a man who does not makes the just man feel unjust, although

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