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justice  

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  • Justice constitutes a normative cornerstone of political society. Classical and contemporary philosophers, from Plato and Aristotle to John Rawls, have seen it is as the main guiding principle for regulating political power. [Source: International Encyclopedia of Political Science; Justice]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/justice

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