Inequity/Iniquity: Card on Balancing Injustice and evil

Hypatia 19 (4):199-203 (2004)
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Abstract

Card argues that we should not give injustice priority over evil. I agree. But I think Card sets us up for some difficult balancings, for example of small evils against middle sized injustices. I suggest some ways of staying off the tightrope.

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Adam Morton
PhD: Princeton University; Last affiliation: University of British Columbia

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