Thursday, March 10, 2011

Justice and Equity

Social is/or pertains to society; relating to men living in society, or to the public as an aggregate body; as, social interest or concerns; social pleasure; social benefits; social happiness; social duties. Justice is rendering to every one that which is his due. Justice is the upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law. It has been distinguished from equity in this respect, that while justice means merely the doing what positive law demands, equity means the doing of what is fair and right in every separate case. The aim is to make our principles and judgments coincide in a balance that is reflective in that we know to what principles our judgments conform and the premises of their derivation.

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