Summary Of Justice

The book is structured as a journey through these three moral frameworks, using difficult moral dilemmas to stress-test each philosophy.

Finally, the people added the Blindfold. They placed it over the eyes of the one who held the scales and the sword. "You will not see if the person before you is rich or poor, friend or stranger, from the mountain or the river," they commanded. "You will see only the act and the rule." This was —the promise that every person, no matter their power, would be measured by the same law. The widow and the lord now stood as equals before the blindfolded judge. summary of justice