ABSTRACT
Traditionalists may think of prosthetic justice as a mere artificial substitute for the genuine natural product, while radicals may think of conservative justice as hidebound. The term "justice" is used both of law and of morals. In the law, justice covers the whole field of the principles laid down, the decisions reached in accordance with them, and the procedures whereby the principles are applied to individual cases. It may be said that although conservative justice has little place in the market, where fortunes can be made and lost quickly, the forces of the market nevertheless give effect to the principle of merit. In fact, however, differential distribution according to need implies a belief in a right to a certain kind of equality. Conservative justice preserves established rights. Prosthetic justice adds further rights, rights to benefits which were not formerly counted due as a matter of right.
