... on the other hand tend to uphold justice by defending the established order; particularly the rights entrenched in the law. Mill believes that justice in the sense perceived by people is linked to rights. Thus justice is served when these rights are upheld and injustice when infringed. He then goes on to list the different rights there are. These are legal, moral, desert, and contractual rights. People also have the right to be treated impartially and equally. According to Mill, "any moral duty I have to any other specific person not only gives rise to a correlative right possessed by that other person, but is an obligation of justice. Some philosophers have argued that this interpretation of justice is vague and too broad. They give three examples of situations when one would have failed to commit one's moral obligation but cannot be said to be unjust - the situations have ...

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