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[The positivist theory of justice claims that] “Unjust acts are those prohibited by positive law; just acts are those prescribed by it. ... Spelled out, this means that what is just or unjust is determined solely by whoever has the power to lay down the law of the land. … It also leads to a corollary which inexorably attaches itself to that conclusion – that might makes right. This is the very essence of absolute or despotic government.”Share
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