Open AccessThe Scope of Corrective Justice in Aristotle’s Ethics
Author(s) -
Włodzimierz Galewicz
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
peitho
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2300-9004
pISSN - 2082-7539
DOI - 10.14746/peitho.2017.12233
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , economic justice , compensation (psychology) , action (physics) , task (project management) , law and economics , law , psychology , sociology , political science , social psychology , computer science , economics , management , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
The task of corrective justice in Aristotle’s ethics is the rectification of harms or injuries resulting from voluntary or involuntary interactions between persons. However, the scope of this form of justice is not clear. In its widest conception it would include all harms done to a person against her will and without her fault. According to a narrower conception, instead, it is only an injury caused by an unjust or wrongful action that requires compensation. But in fact Aristotle distinguishes several concepts of unjust action. As a result, the narrower conception appears in various versions which are discussed in this paper.