According to my 'red letter' (King James) Bible, Jesus talked as much about justice as he did about loving one another--more, if you leave out the Book of John (so, the synoptic Gospels). The concern of justice--for Jesus and secular philosophers--is people's actions involving one another. Didn't Jesus make it clear that our relation with God is reflected in our relations with other people--first and foremost, our actions involving them, how just (or unjust) we are? A strictly rational ethic of justice, involving no belief of any kind, is not less just for being rational--and surely not less so for people who believe God created us, with our capacity for rationality. (Linked article is here in Medium, but not behind the paywall.)

Stephen Yearwood
Stephen Yearwood

Written by Stephen Yearwood

M.A. in political economy (money/distributive justice) "Please don't confront me with my failures/ I'm aware of them" from "These Days," as sung by Gregg Allman

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