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    It is not the case that Aristotle's proportional justice requires treating equal cases equally and unequal cases unequally in proportion to morally relevant differences.

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    • 1.Identifying 'morally relevant differences' requires prior moral theory; the principle doesn't generate substantive answers.
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    • 2.Different people reasonably disagree on which differences matter, making proportional justice indeterminate in practice.
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    • 3.Focusing on proportion risks justifying severe inequalities if society deems certain groups less morally worthy.
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    • 1.Treating identical cases identically is a basic requirement of fairness and avoids arbitrary discrimination.
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    • 2.Proportional responses to differences reflect moral reality: greater harms deserve greater remedies.
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    • 3.This principle reconciles equality with merit, allowing justice systems to reward virtue and punish vice appropriately.
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