Dr. Shalini Rani Das1 and Dr. Manoj Kumar Yadav2
1Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Sub- Divisional Govt. Degree College Benipur (Laxmanpur), Darbhanga, Bihar.
2Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, Zakir Husain Delhi College (Evening), University of Delhi, NCT Delhi
Issue: Volume 2 No. 1 (March 2026) Anubodhan
Received: 22 March 2026 / Accepted: 29 March / 2026 Published: 31 March 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.65885/anubodhan.v2n1.2026.031
Abstract
When it comes to term Justice, it has one of the most important moral, social and political concepts. As it is a wide concept therefore different philosophers has different views about justice, but, for the most part, what they define or frame as justice involves ethical investigation and moral inquiry. Philosophers usually frame justice based on their ideas about morals, which in turn inform their ideas about political and social justice. Generally, justice is said to exist when an individual receives what they are entitled to, that is, the benefits and burdens that they are entitled to because of their unique characteristics and circumstances. Just because someone says a certain person or action is good, moral, or virtuous doesn’t necessarily mean it is good.
While some philosophers have considered justice to be the entirety of ethics, most have considered ethical goodness or justice to be a subset of justice. Justice is typically understood to include at least four closely-related ethical terms: rights, justice, equality, and entitlement.
Philosophy of justice has primarily focused on answering two kinds of questions: metaethical (questions about the meaning of terms used in moral discourse, as well as rules of reason and/or ways of knowing which moral beliefs are true or false) and normative (questions about what people ought to do, as opposed to what they actually do). The most important metaethical questions about justice are: (a) what is the distinctive function of terms like just and right in moral discourse? (b) can judgments about justice or injustice in institutions or actions or relationships be rationalized? The most important normative ethical questions include: (a) how should we act in order to be just; (b) how should social institutions be designed to achieve justice?
Key Words: Moral, Justice, Virtue, Good, Social, Entitlement
How to cite: Das, S. R. & Yadav, M. K. (2026). Aristotelian Perspectives of Justice. Anubodhan, 2(1), 318–325. https://doi.org/10.65885/anubodhan.v2n1.2026.031