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Abstract
Justice is so central to the mission of public health that it has been described as
the field's core value. This account of justice stresses the fair disbursement of
common advantages and the sharing of common burdens. It captures the twin moral impulses
that animate public health: to advance human well-being by improving health and to
do so particularly by focusing on the needs of the most disadvantaged. This Commentary
explores how social justice sheds light on major ongoing controversies in the field,
and it provides examples of the kinds of policies that public health agencies, guided
by a robust conception of justice, would adopt.