There is only one absolute standard of justice, that’s property rights.  Peaceful cooperation would’ve never emerged had property rights not been respected.  Society is only possible when the majority of people don’t aggress against others’ property rights.  Society is viewed as a means to an end.  The end is a higher standard of living.  There is not unanimous consent in society.  There will always be asocial individuals.

Nearly all people want more than less, health over sickness.  How to achieve this will almost always be disputed—Crusoe and Friday may agree.  However, different people may have different ideas of organization.  There is an absolute truth, and that is property rights.  Property rights can’t be aggressed against.  What matters is justice, not pseudo-justice.  The only standard of justice is property.

The pseudo-justice of social justice is like saying: Let justice be done, even if it destroys the world.  Even the supporters of pseudo-justice might view this saying as absurd and paradoxical.  They’ll use various terms that can’t be readily defined.  They can’t be argued against if they can’t be defined.  These pseudo-justices might have a nice ring to them, but they don’t withstand thought.  The supporters of these do not bother with thought.

These pseudo-justices will have makeshift concepts.  They might point out that a living wage is socially just.  Of course, those terms won’t be defined.  It doesn’t matter though.  Violence is at the root of pseudo-justices.  You are free to pay someone what you consider a fair wage with your own property.  You can’t tell someone else to pay them more, and then call in the goons to make that happen.  That’s not justice.

The supporters of these measures will never admit to what they really support.  We would have social cooperation if property rights were respected.  Society can only be preserved if they are respected in the future.  The never-ending invention of pseudo-justices creates more violence in society.  The only way to preserve justice is property.  It’s the only nonviolent way to achieve social cooperation.

Reference

Ludwig von Mises; Theory and History