Correct option is B
Aristotle, in his
Nicomachean Ethics, divided justice into distributive justice (concerned with the fair distribution of resources) and corrective justice (concerned with rectifying wrongs through compensation or punishment).
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Aristotle's theory of justice is foundational in Western legal philosophy. Distributive justice deals with how benefits and burdens are shared within society, while corrective justice addresses the rectification of imbalances caused by wrongdoing.
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(a) Dabin: A legal theorist, but did not categorize justice in the Aristotelian sense.
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(c) Plato: Plato's justice theory, outlined in
The Republic, focuses on harmony within society rather than the distinct categories of justice that Aristotle proposed.
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(d) Aquinas: While Aquinas incorporated Aristotelian ideas into his theology, he did not specifically make the same division between distributive and corrective justice.
