That writer was John Rawls, who described this concept as fairness.
Martha Nussbaum (NOOS-baum) wrote a book about the frontier of this concept, and Amartya Sen wrote a book defining the idea of this concept. Another book about a theory of this concept based it on the liberty principle and the difference principle, and the writer of that book called this concept, "The first virtue of social institutions."  That writer was John Rawls, who described this concept as fairness. This concept is sometimes classified as distributive or retributive, the latter of which is similar to the restorative type, and this word names the US  department that is part of the legal system. Give this term often represented by a blindfolded lady holding the scales of truth.
Martha Nussbaum (NOOS-baum) wrote a book about the frontier of this concept, and Amartya Sen wrote a book defining the idea of this concept.
justice