Define distributive justice and use a real world example to support your definition.

What will be an ideal response?


Striking a fair balance between the rewards and costs each experience is a problem of distributive justice: each party to the exchange must perceive that they are not paying too high a cost relative to the rewards they are gaining. In other words, both parties must be convinced that the profit each derives from the exchange is just.

Sociology

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