Love is partial by nature — it loves this person more than that one, this child more than the stranger's child — and justice asks impartiality. The tension between them is one of the oldest in ethics, and it does not resolve cleanly: love without justice can excuse tremendous harm, and justice without love tends toward a coldness that is its own kind of cruelty. This domain examines how traditions have navigated this tension, from Aristotle's distinction between justice and friendship to contemporary care ethics.
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