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Chapter Summary: 'Justice, Rights, And Laws'

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Nathaniel Goodman PHIL 201-037 10/29/15
Justice, Rights, and Laws
The central issue discussed in this section of the book is: justice, rights, and laws. This section discussed the different approaches to these three issues. The first area, justice is broken down by Thyrasmachus, Plato, and Aristotle. Thyrasmachus takes the approach that what is just, is decided by the stronger party. On the other hand Plato and Aristotle view justice as what is best for the overall parties. Their idea behind this theory is, when all parties are doing their part there is justice. The rights portion of the section is broken down into positive and negative rights, and moral and legal rights. The laws portion of the section is split into two theories; natural

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