Epicurus on justice and injustice

“The justice that seeks nature’s goal is a utilitarian pledge of men not to harm each other or be harmed.

Nothing is either just or unjust in the eyes of those animals that have been unable to make agreements not to harm each other or be harmed. …

Justice was never an entity in itself. It is a kind of agreement not to harm or be harmed.

It is impossible for a person who underhandedly breaks the agreement not to harm or be harmed to feel sure that he will escape punishment, even though he manages to...