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Lesson 5 Why is justice a universal ideal?
In this lesson you will be introduced to how some of the world's foremost thinkers have wrestled with the question, “what is justice?” You will be asked to consider that centuries-old yet still relevant question so that you can come to a better understanding of justice and its relationship to good government. This lesson will introduce you to the three major types of justice: distributive, corrective, and procedural.
After completing this lesson, you will be able to:
- Discuss various conceptions of justice and the characteristics of justice in different cultures and historical periods.
- Define retaliatory justice and explain its relationship to a just society.
- Distinguish between the three major types of justice and analyze the relationship of each to good government.
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