Read Books V and VI
Content Summary for Teachers
Book V
Justice can take two forms, either fairness or lawfulness, and injustice is their opposite. However, because justice concerns itself with the actions of others, it is different than virtue, which concerns one’s own moral condition. Furthermore, where universal justice occurs when a person is generally just and fair, particular justice involves specific instances of “divisible” goods, namely honor, money, and safety. These things are by definition not available to everyone and must be approached differently.
Aristotle divides particular justice into two forms, distributive and rectificatory. When a community distributes wealth...
