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What is justice?

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What is justice?

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The idea of fairness — in how people are treated, how resources are shared, how wrongs are punished, and whether the process is fair.

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What are the four types of justice?

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Distributive (fair sharing), retributive (fair punishment), restorative (repairing harm) and procedural (a fair process).

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What is distributive justice?

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Fairness in how resources and wealth are shared — the justice of global poverty and inequality.

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What is retributive justice?

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Fairness in how wrongdoers are punished — the justice of the ICC and war-crimes trials.

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What is restorative justice?

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Repairing harm and rebuilding relationships rather than only punishing — e.g. truth and reconciliation commissions.

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What is procedural justice?

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Fairness in the process itself — fair rules, courts and trials, whatever the outcome.

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What is the ICC?

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The International Criminal Court — it tries individuals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity; global retributive justice.

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Why is the ICC contested?

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Most of its cases have targeted African leaders while powerful states escape, so its justice looks selective.

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Why is selective justice a problem?

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Because justice applied unevenly is itself a form of injustice — if only the weak are held to account, fairness breaks down.

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Can there be global justice in a world shaped by power?

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It is real and growing (the ICC, universal rights) but applied unevenly — real against the weak, far weaker against the strong.

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Why must you name the TYPE of justice in an essay?

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Because 'justice' means different things — naming distributive, retributive, restorative or procedural sharpens the whole answer.

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