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Can the claims of justice be subsumed under the utility principle?
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Utility and Justice Can the claims of justice be subsumed under the utility principle? The definition of "Justice" as a philosophical concept has long been disputed. It has been viewed in one sense, as being "identical with the ethics of whom should receive benefits and burdens, good or bad things of many sorts, given that others might receive these things" (Honderich 1995). On the other hand, Conventionalists assert that "justice" can be understood as what is due to each person given by the laws, customs and shared understandings of the community of which the person is a member (Brian & Matravers). The slight differentiations between the many efforts to the provision of a suitable definition led Mill to attempt to reconcile a broad sense of what "justice" is perceived to represent, with the theory of utilitarianism. Mill argues that the utility principle can be used to explain the idea and the sentiment...
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