第一章内容包含三方面，why woulds deserve the purple heart, bailout outrage, three approach to justice，第一个小故事大致可以概括为: 美国政府为在战争中受伤的战士颁发purple heart的奖章，这引起了一些因战争而承受心里疾病的老兵的不满，认为他们也应该获得此项荣誉。
The dispute over the Purple Heart illustrates the moral logic of Aristotle's theory of justice. We can't determine who deserve the medal without asking what virtues the medal properly honors. And to ask that question, we have to assess competing conceptions of character and sacrifice.
第二个章节所讲的故事是，金融危机中，华尔街金融机构用政府特殊补助金发放员工bonus从而引起民众不满。文中阐述，美国人对于金融机构的这种行为产生不满的真正原因，并非公司用政府补助去发放奖金，而是根据美国的价值观，民众认为失败者不应获得奖励。
The bailout outrage that gripped the united states in early 2009 expressed the widely held view that people who wreck the companies they run with risky investments don't deserve to be rewarded with millions of dollars in bonus. But the argument over the bonuses raises questions about who deserves what when times are good.
