Abstract
The justice of a society has two dimensions, social and political. Social justice dictates how well members should compare with one another within the basic structure of the society. Political justice dictates how far they should share in controlling the shape of that basic structure. The two ideals may be in competition, however: the democratic society that answers to your ideal of political justice, for example, may not endorse your ideal of social justice. And so they raise an issue of priority. This chapter offers three arguments for the priority of political justice, in particular for a certain version of democracy.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Oxford Studies in Political Philosophy, Volume 1 |
| Editors | David Sobel, Peter Vallentyne, and Steven Wall |
| Place of Publication | UK |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 9-35 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780199669530 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2015 |