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Loeb Principal Doctrines print justice as a compact against harm, nothing in itself

Hicks prints KD 31–35: justice is a compact neither to harm nor be harmed, empty where no compact can be made. In the causal graph this event weakens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.

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Hicks prints KD 31–35: justice is a compact neither to harm nor be harmed, empty where no compact can be made. The dated English instrument is the Loeb. Independent natural-law courts are not this theory.

Context

A compact theory can support treaties and also dissolve duties to those outside the bargain, including animals and distant strangers. Later legal positivism sometimes cited the heading.

Epicurus is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

Justice as mere bargain is a path that weakens claims of independent judicial principle.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Epicurus

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.32 · verified

    Garden founder as named in later editions and finds. Printers, excavators, and editors publish the instrument.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — EpicurusStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Diogenes Laertius, Lives, Loeb / Hicks vol. 2Internet Archive / Loeb Classical Library scan · High credibility · verified

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorEpicurus
  2. contributed toFactLoeb Principal Doctrines print justice as a compact against harm, nothing in itself
  3. weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

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Factrail. (2026). Loeb Principal Doctrines print justice as a compact against harm, nothing in itself. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/ep-justice-mere-compact

https://factrail.ai/facts/ep-justice-mere-compact

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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