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Just as an aside, I want to add another comment here. Along with the very old idea that justice treats equal cases equally, there is an equally old notion that justice gives each person his or her due.

I want you to keep this question in the back of your minds.

What would it mean to give each his or her due?

This rule or maxim probably does not apply to every sort of justice, but it does seem to apply to cases in which some sort of benefit or burden is to be allocated.