Is something only just when it's good? If not, how else are we supposed to know what is just? Instead of offering another creative answer to this question, the simplest answer concerns the idea of permission itself. The concept of permission is the base on which ethical conversation happens, at least in college courses. The supposed goal of ethics is to decide what is permissible or not. What if the answer to this question lies not with some peculiar answer, such as piety or utility or virtue, but instead with the nature of permission itself? I offer a formal definition of justice on the basis of permission (section 8 of 14) and a plain definition (section 14 of 14).