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Fairness, liberty and psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

George Ikkos
George Ikkos*
Affiliation:
Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LP, UK email [email protected]
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According to Beauchamp & Childress (2001) the fundamental principles of biomedical ethics include ‘justice'. But how do we approach ‘justice'? Justice may be thought of in relation to an individual or society. An individual may be just or unjust. Justice in society may be thought of as ‘retributive justice’ (fair punishment), ‘civil justice’ (fair recompense), ‘distributive justice’ (fair shares) or ‘social justice’ (a fair social contract for citizens of a society).

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International Psychiatry , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , April 2009 , pp. 46 - 48
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