Commutative justice has some peculiar features not shared by the other virtues in Adam Smith’s moral system. I concluded my last post by considering the tension between reason and sentiment in Adam ...

Commutative justice constitutes a social grammar, in relationships between citizens in a polity. It is indispensable but insufficient for a flourishing society, which requires the practice of the ...

The 18th-century philosopher Adam Smith is frequently described as the father of capitalism and is well known for praising what he called the market’s “invisible hand.” But he also developed complex ...

“There is simply no such thing as ‘social’ justice,” writes Jordan Peterson. “Whatever those who rely on this cliched phrase are aiming at has nothing whatsoever to do with justice. Justice is meted ...

In this article, I discuss access and benefit-sharing (ABS) for plant genetic resources from an ethical perspective. This leads to the question of what types of justice actually play a role when more ...

“NO STATE can exist without justice,” the distinguished historian José Arcilla, SJ, correctly asserted in a forum years ago on culture and the state. He thus argued that the state’s role in developing ...