"Justice implies something which it is not only right to do and wrong not to do; but which some individual person can claim from us as his moral right." - Explain.

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a. Justice implies something which it is not only right to do and wrong not to do; but which some individual person can claim from us as his moral right."This was an idea of Justice as propounded by J.S. Mill, linking justice with morality.
b. He propagated Utilitarian idea of Justice where the concept is linked with moral actions.
c. Mill taking cues from history argue that the idea of justice is linked with the conformity with law, any act that is wrong ought to be punished and is considered unlawful
d.He also defines the idea of injustice in the context that is violated by law and also by taking away individual's moral right to which he had claim.
e.  The idea of justice is to be understood in the manner that it implies preform perfect obligations and duties in the society
f. Justice involves those moral rules which ensures general happiness and well being.
g. For a person justice would imply those acts that do not harm him
h. It implies those obligations which ensure welfare and well being in general.

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