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image source: getty   The Greek Philosopher, Aristotle, Who Defined Justice As Equal And Unequal Treatment Of Unequals In Proportion To Their Inequalities.   He Also Distinguished Three Types Of Justice, Namely Distributive Justice, Corrective Justice And Commutative Justice (I.  E.   Justice Of Equality In The Exchange Of Different Types Of Goods).   What Makes A Society Or A State Right In A Basic Sense Is Its Right Or Proper Sequence Of Human Relations By Giving Each Individual Its Due Rights And Duties As Well As Appropriate Rewards And Punishments.   Justice Does This By Bringing About An Adjustment Between The Principles Of Liberty, Equality, Cooperation Etc.     Procedural And Substantive Justice Fundamental Justice Refers To The Fairness Of Justice Or Material Or Result Of Laws, Policies, Decisions, Etc.   Theories Of Procedural Justice Have Traditionally Been Based On The Idea Of ​​the Formal Equality Of Individuals, That Is, Their Equality As Human Beings Or As Subjects Of Th

  RIGHTS  image source: getty                                                               What is current understanding of rights in Political Science ? Rights Are Rightly Called Social Claims That Help Individuals Achieve Their Best Selves And Help Develop Their Personality. States Never Grant Rights, They Only Recognize Them; Governments Never Give Authority, They Only Protect Them. For Example, Plato Believed That Only The State Can Deliver Justice And That The Job Of The Individual Is To Perform His Duties According To His Abilities And Capabilities. We Call These Philosophers Idealists. There Are Others, For Example John Locke, Who Hold That The State Exists As A Means To An End, And That The Ends Are 14 Persons, Implying That Individual Rights Are Sacrosanct And Nonviolent. Rights Are Not Privileges Because They Are Not Rights. There Is A Difference Between Rights And Privileges; Rights Are Our Claims On Others As Others Have Claims On Us; On The Other Hand Rights Are

IMAGE SOURCE: GETTY What is the meaning of Political Theory and what are its major approaches ? In the study of the social sciences, approaches are extremely important because they help us identify problems for our study and decide on the appropriate data to be used. One point of view suggests its own method whereas the opposite is not true. For example, the practical approach is related to the scientific method and the normative approach is related to the philosophical method. Standard Approach: The normative approach poses questions based on 'norms' or 'standards' in the study of social sciences for the purpose of evaluating values. Unlike the empirical approach which is concerned about 'what happened and why', the normative approach emphasizes on 'what should happen'.  Sometimes, the normative approach may be based on empirical assumptions to find out how or what a particular situation should be or what the state of affairs in a country should be. For