Two different goals – such as justice and efficiency – can essentially stand in three possible relations to one another:
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Goal harmony,
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Goal neutrality,
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Goal conflict.
Where the relation is one of goal harmony, the pursuit of one goal would be beneficial for the other goal, too. For example, pursuing the efficiency goal would simultaneously bring about a just outcome; or vice versa, having just institutions would encourage efficiency at the same time. In a situation of goal neutrality, the pursuit of one goal has no effect on the achievement of the other.
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Mathis, K., Shannon, D. (2009). Justice and Efficiency. In: Efficiency Instead of Justice?. Law and Philosophy Library, vol 84. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9798-0_9
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