"What's the right thing to do?" is a tricky question with many distinctive answers. In this book, the author talks about the obligations that people have in order to do the right thing in problematic situations in a society. The definition of justice is indescribable since there can be multiple definitions for every person, or even it can be indefinable. This book focuses on what justice is to people. The author is helping the readers to gain more knowledge of what is considered just in society and what truly is just. His main lesson is to tell the readers that people with different set of mind define the definition of justice. Some people might think a certain thing is the right thing to do, but others might disagree. So what is justice?.
Aristotle said that justice is giving people what they deserve. The act of justice can be very complicated in every situation. Some people consider abortion is acceptable whereas others think it is a murder. In the first chapter, he talks about the storm that caused $11 billion in damage and the consequences were bad. Prices of necessities were rising dramatically and people had to purchase them no matter what since they lost almost everything in the storm. One resident said, "It was wrong for people to try to capitalize on other people's hardship and misery" (3). Obviously residents did not agree with the price gouging in the economy after the storm; however, the economists argued that prices are set by supply and demand, and there is no such thing as "just price." That is just plain greed. The author specifically said, "Greed is a vice, a bad way of being, especially when it makes people oblivious to the suffering of others" (7). I agree with the statement because when in times of trouble, good people will come together and look out for each other. They will not cause more trouble nor they will not take advantage out of others' misery.
