
Jacob Levy — How Should Liberals Think of Social Injustice?
The Curious Task
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The Emergence of Justice
In some of your work, you've talked about the idea of small changes, small injustices. Small things end up compounding and over time can result in an overall injustice or unjust order. So how do we match that thinking with Hayek's thoughts? It seems to me that if it's the case that our private actors can be led by an invisible hand to promote an end which was no part of their purpose,. Then it can also be the case that there are more or less attractive features that emerge. That's what makes something an emergent order not just an additive pile.
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