Social justice is the fair and just relation between the individual and society. This is measured by the explicit and tacit terms for the distribution of wealth, opportunities for personal activity and social privileges. In Western as well as in older Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals fulfill their societal roles and receive what was their due from society. In the current global grassroots movements for social justice, the emphasis has been on the breaking of unspoken barriers for social mobility, the creation of safety nets and economic justice.
Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation. The relevant institutions often include …show more content…
Based on the definition I cannot take a stand in support of the Affordable Care Act. The issue of health care reform brings important ethical issues of justice to the forefront, as individuals, communities, and the legislature struggle with how to provide quality health care for the many without sacrificing the basic rights of even the few. I am in a Republican state and Georgia has opted out of the Affordable Care Act. So it leaves people who cannot afford health care in a catch twenty-two. I am self- employed and it affects me greatly. I have a total of five people in my household and everyone listed on my taxes have to be insured. Last year I did not make enough money to qualify for the market place insurance and I made too much money for Medicaid, and plus my state was not extending coverage to anyone who did not qualify for Marketplace insurance. For me to get insurance for a family of five would have been over five hundred dollars a month. Mind you that I am a single parent. So my dilemma is feeding my
Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation. The relevant institutions often include …show more content…
Based on the definition I cannot take a stand in support of the Affordable Care Act. The issue of health care reform brings important ethical issues of justice to the forefront, as individuals, communities, and the legislature struggle with how to provide quality health care for the many without sacrificing the basic rights of even the few. I am in a Republican state and Georgia has opted out of the Affordable Care Act. So it leaves people who cannot afford health care in a catch twenty-two. I am self- employed and it affects me greatly. I have a total of five people in my household and everyone listed on my taxes have to be insured. Last year I did not make enough money to qualify for the market place insurance and I made too much money for Medicaid, and plus my state was not extending coverage to anyone who did not qualify for Marketplace insurance. For me to get insurance for a family of five would have been over five hundred dollars a month. Mind you that I am a single parent. So my dilemma is feeding my