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    It is not the case that Aristotle's treatment in the Nicomachean Ethics shows justice is itself a genus containing multiple species, not a single uniform virtue.

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    • 1.Aristotle treats justice as unified by a single formal principle: proportional reciprocity governs both distributive and corrective forms.
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    • 2.Different applications of a single virtue (prudence guides multiple actions) don't constitute different species; justice similarly has one essence with varied expressions.
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    • 3.The genus-species language may reflect Aristotle's organizational method, not metaphysical commitment that justice contains truly distinct virtues.
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    • 1.Aristotle distinguishes distributive justice (allocation of honors/resources) from corrective justice (rectification in transactions), suggesting structurally different virtues.
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    • 2.Justice requires different practical wisdom in different contexts: political distribution differs fundamentally from restitution, implying multiple species.
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    • 3.Aristotle's framework treats virtues as genus-species (courage includes fortitude and confidence); applying this to justice yields multiple species as coherent.
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