Distributive justice refers to the allocation of benefits and burdens to members of society. Benefits refer to:
1. Basic needs, material and social goods, liberties, rights, and entitlements
2. Taxes, military service, location of incinerators or and power plants
3. Entitlement to equal rights and equal treatment
4. The right to private property as the most important benefit
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Justice requires that the distribution of benefits and burdens on a society be fair or equal. Choice No. 3 refers to egalitarianism, and choice No. 4 refers to libertarianism. Taxes, military service, and location of incinerators or power plants are not benefits associated with justice.
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