Abstract

It cannot be denied that a correct notion of justice is very relevant to the solution of most modern problems. The constant appeal to the rights of individuals and groups of individuals and the widespread practice of injustice bear witness to this. Yet the very frequency with which the terms justice and injustice are used has, one fears, reduced those words to mere labels for whatever claim it is desired to make or deny, without regard for the existence of an objectively just order in public and private life. There is need then of a reaffirmation of the idea of justice and an application of its principles, in terms suitable to our modern modes of thought, to current problems of human relationships.