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Evolution was the dominant tradition of the nineteenth century. Yet its understanding changed greatly from the Great Chain of Being to unilinear (one path), universal (a wide path), and multilinear (many paths) evolutionism, and to the neo-Darwinism of recent times.

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This chapter develops a “big history” account of the place of justice in the great tale of humanity. The “human web” is spun across the earth as a result of our cooperative capacities. It is the point of justice to reflect on what it means for each individual to have a proper place in that web. We explore how it would be legitimate to enroll authors from vastly different periods in a unified story. The evolutionary account of justice in the “conversation of mankind” provides an answer. My account is “quasi”-historical. I recount the history of the notion in a way that develops it in an era of global interconnectedness. Over time, both scope and reach have expanded until we arrive at a contemporary notion that is global in scope and whose reach is rather extensive. The grounds-of-justice view is a way of accounting for the concept of justice today.

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3 - Changing Perspectives on Evolution

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7 - Distributive Justice and the Great Tale of Humanity

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