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Which one of the following has divided justice in two parts-distributive justice and corrective justice?

"Aristotle", in Book V of the Nicomachean Ethics, divided particular justice into distributive justice, which allocates goods in proportion to merit, and corrective justice,…

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Which one of the following has divided justice in two parts-distributive justice and corrective justice?

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"Aristotle", in Book V of the Nicomachean Ethics, divided particular justice into distributive justice, which allocates goods in proportion to merit, and corrective justice, which restores equality between the parties to a transaction. Plato, Aquinas and Dabin did not originate this division.

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