What Are the Two Types of Justice, According to Aristotle

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Multiple Choice

What are the two types of justice, according to Aristotle?

• A) Criminal justice, which involves punishing wrongdoers, and social justice, which involves according everyone equal respect.
• B) Universal justice, which applies equally to everyone, and special justice, which applies only in close interpersonal relationships.
• C) General justice, which consists in being completely virtuous, and special justice, which consists in not taking too much or too little for oneself.
• D) Legal justice, which involves obeying the laws that actually exist, and ideal justice, which involves obeying the laws that should exist.

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