Synopsis
Walzer argues justice is plural: different social goods belong to distinct spheres with their own distribution principles, and injustice is dominance across spheres.
Core passage idea
Paraphrase · Modern copyrighted workJustice means each good is distributed by its own proper standard, so that money should not buy what belongs to other spheres like office or love.
It rejects a single master principle of justice in favor of meanings rooted in particular communities and goods.
To avoid a bubble
Pair with John Rawls, A Theory of Justice.
Reading note
Read it for the idea of separate spheres, testing how blocked exchanges between them capture our intuitions about fairness.
Best paired with
John Rawls, A Theory of Justice