Equal opportunity, proportionate equality of distributive justice, and equal treatment under the law is not at odds with inequality of power, wealth, and achievement. And yet in many cases these inequalities are not thought to be unjust. The Etymology of Justice 1. The Distinctive Character of Morality 1. Morality has to do generally with right and wrong.
Wrongs are essentially subject to punishment of some form.
Thus, any violation of law, any injustice, is a wrong subject to penal sanction. But this does not distinguish the matter of justice from morality more generally. Is there something unique about justice in contrast to morality, as seems to be the case. Duties are essential to the idea of morality. Those who fail to do what moral obligation requires of them may be compelled to do so or, in the event of failure to comply, they are subject to punishment.