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In the more Christian moments of her writings Simone Weil thinks it should really be possible to treat others with equal respect and consideration. While not underestimating the influence of the social relations of power and subordination, she feels convinced that we can call upon something deeper in ourselves. The source of the strength we require is supernatural. She thinks of this as ‘the supernatural virtue of justice’. In this way she places a conception of justice at the heart of our understanding of our human relationships.
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Seidler, V.J. (1991). Inequality and Justice. In: The Moral Limits of Modernity. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21296-5_7
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