¬Diana Paredes
10/09/2015
SW 500D
Personal Views of Social Justice My conception of social justice is founded on the belief that humans are interdependent social creatures whose individual prosperity is dependent on solidarity. As conscientious social beings that depend on one another to survive, we have the unique ability to love and to manifest our love for one another through the exercise of moral values which reinforce our accountability to one another. Injustice arises when we act against the wellbeing of our counterparts either out of pleasure, or in order to promote our individual self-interest. Therefore, I believe that a just society is one that acknowledges the inextricable role collective prosperity has on individual prosperity, …show more content…
While I believe such a system would help harness the power of human love over greed, I think Rawls’ theories of justice fall short of articulating the importance of actively cultivating an understanding of the importance of solidarity. Some might say that although we have a natural disposition to caring for people who are close of kin, our natural inclination to self-preservation might supersede our ability to care for individuals who are strange to us. This objection might prove true under certain circumstances; however, I believe that a profound concern for the prosperity of strangers can indeed be achieved through an intellectual exploration of what it means to be human – to exercise our ability to love beyond our self-interest. Education plays a key role in cultivating this type of solidarity, which leads me to conclude that education should be among the list of basic human …show more content…
This group was comprised of immigrants of different legal statuses and U.S. citizens who voluntarily waged a campaign against the unjust deportation of undocumented immigrants. Our movement was founded on the idea that the deportation of one individual was an affront to our shared right to dignity and self-determination. In order to stop deportations, we leveraged our collective power through the use of social media, advocacy, and even our bodies to impede the systemic deportation of historically disenfranchised people of color, one deportation case at a time. In addition to these anti- operations, our group engaged in active discourse to analyze the individualistic Neoliberal policies which had given rise to the private prisons and deportation quotas that violated our collective rights. This collective analysis of the source of our experienced injustice, and the compounding effect that apathy towards single deportation cases had in condoning this injustice compelled us to look beyond our individual needs and to give up our time and resources to care for
10/09/2015
SW 500D
Personal Views of Social Justice My conception of social justice is founded on the belief that humans are interdependent social creatures whose individual prosperity is dependent on solidarity. As conscientious social beings that depend on one another to survive, we have the unique ability to love and to manifest our love for one another through the exercise of moral values which reinforce our accountability to one another. Injustice arises when we act against the wellbeing of our counterparts either out of pleasure, or in order to promote our individual self-interest. Therefore, I believe that a just society is one that acknowledges the inextricable role collective prosperity has on individual prosperity, …show more content…
While I believe such a system would help harness the power of human love over greed, I think Rawls’ theories of justice fall short of articulating the importance of actively cultivating an understanding of the importance of solidarity. Some might say that although we have a natural disposition to caring for people who are close of kin, our natural inclination to self-preservation might supersede our ability to care for individuals who are strange to us. This objection might prove true under certain circumstances; however, I believe that a profound concern for the prosperity of strangers can indeed be achieved through an intellectual exploration of what it means to be human – to exercise our ability to love beyond our self-interest. Education plays a key role in cultivating this type of solidarity, which leads me to conclude that education should be among the list of basic human …show more content…
This group was comprised of immigrants of different legal statuses and U.S. citizens who voluntarily waged a campaign against the unjust deportation of undocumented immigrants. Our movement was founded on the idea that the deportation of one individual was an affront to our shared right to dignity and self-determination. In order to stop deportations, we leveraged our collective power through the use of social media, advocacy, and even our bodies to impede the systemic deportation of historically disenfranchised people of color, one deportation case at a time. In addition to these anti- operations, our group engaged in active discourse to analyze the individualistic Neoliberal policies which had given rise to the private prisons and deportation quotas that violated our collective rights. This collective analysis of the source of our experienced injustice, and the compounding effect that apathy towards single deportation cases had in condoning this injustice compelled us to look beyond our individual needs and to give up our time and resources to care for