A Theory of Justice

My Definition of Social Justice: Initially, my definition of social justice was focused on the concept of equality and how the existing power structure is used. Social justice for me was doing things right by all members of a community without discrimination. Where by power, in any situation is not abused for the benefit of one group and disadvantage of another. (August 25, 2016) As Rawls mentions in his "A Theory of Justice", justice is the set of principles or guiding structure we as a society…

Altruism Introduction There are many moral theories in the study of ethics, however no two theories are quite as different as utilitarianism and ethical egoism. In this essay I will be exploring the utilitarian approach and the ethical egoist approach to morality, showing their strength and weakness, and finally explaining why the utilitarian approach is a better moral theory. The Utilitarian Approach Utilitarianism is a consequential moral theory that focuses on producing the most pleasure…

men tend to get confused of what consent is, so being a close friend to a woman or being their boyfriend may make consent even more confusing to the rapist (Angelone, Mitchell, Grossi. 2015). This type of crime makes convictions very difficult. The justice system finds it hard to convict this type of rape because consent was such a confusion. The system has their own way of looking at what defines rape which is shown above, and if it doesn’t fit the criteria, then charges are usually dropped.…

Edwin H. Sutherland’s differential association theory was developed in 1939. This theory is known to be a “completely sociological theory of crime” (Walsh and Hemmens 187). It drives criminologists away from the belief that criminal behavior is only biological and psychological. Sutherland’s ambition was to compose a theory that could draw out both aggregate crime rates and individual criminality by recognizing provisions that must be available for criminal intent to occur and unavailable when…

Diversity The cult of diversity bears no relation to tolerance or inclusion, in reality, the complete opposite. Affirmative action and social justice provides manufactured collectivised group identity, to the exclusion of others. The insidiousness of diversity lies not in its theory, but in the current practice of destroying traditional indigenous culture in all aspects of social institutions. Diversity, presented as propaganda, depicts the exoticism of differences in culture (Fig 1).…

Views on social justice are highly important in defining the roles of the state within society. The perspectives presented by John Rawls and Robert Nozick demonstrate two extremely different views of societal justice. Each of these philosophers give their own principles of justice, which are sets of rules society must follow in order to be just. In this paper, I will analyze the views of each of these thinkers. I will also argue that the Rawls’ principles of justice are preferable to Nozick’s…

Within the ethical branch of philosophy there are several theories on how one should leave their life but, most do not provide a sufficient answer, but there is one theory that has provided an answer; and that is Utilitarianism a subset of consequentialism. This theory is defined by its core idea of maximizing overall happiness of everyone, and has been used to shape some of the fundamental ideas governments use to govern their various countries; this is due to Utilitarianism providing a logical…

affecting the measurement of crime over time due to advocates of diverse theories such as conflict theories, consensus theories, constructionist theories, and integrationist theories. Firstly, the conflict theory is developed from a structuralist perspective as it initiates with the ideology of Marx, focusing on “the unequal distribution of power in society such as class, race or gender.” (Morden & Palys, 2014, p.75) The conflict theory affects the way we think or measure crime drastically…

segregated when it comes to feminism. We can witness a large number of people who openly supports feminism and there is also a huge number of feminist theories. However, the image of feminists expressed in the media is as the group of women who are angry and hate men and this theory should be rejected at all costs. This depicts that feminism is portrayed as a theory that is perilous and destructive (Tan). Feminism is a controversial issue because in most of the cases people misinterpret…

Well-being and justices sometimes conflict (Fund of Ethics, p.118). Utilitarianism argues that the best life is a life of sacrifice, sometimes extreme. If the motivation is too produce good results, then the action can be extreme. Thus, this is the case with torture. Philosophers have discussed the hypothetical case of the ticking time bomb in which “a decent leader of a nation is plagued with terrorism is asked to authorize the torture of a rebel leader who knows or probably knows the city,…