Social justice

Care Ethics is a combination of virtue and role ethics that promotes the importance of relationships, especially those that are interpersonal, that give guidance to living a moral life. In Care Ethics, a moral person is one who gives care to those that are dependent because caregiving involves some sort of sacrifice. There has to be a balance so that it does not interfere with self-care. For example, Gilligan says that a “moral person is one who helps others; goodness is service, meeting one’s…

Social Justice Vs. Objectivism The human race is made up of all kinds of people. Humans come in all kinds of shapes, sizes, colors, national origins, religious backgrounds, their own set of opinions, etc. No two people are exactly the same. These distinct differences is what makes the human race very interesting and yet at the same time very challenging as well; especially when in regards to the topic of ethics and morals. Ayn Rand and Martin Luther King, Jr. were similar in the ways of…

The claim of King is definitely stronger than the claim of the ministers. King claims that justice is more important than order in society and he is absolutely right. He wants justice for the people who have been deprived of it such as the African Americans in Birmingham. A society without justice is not a moral society at all. Segregation is wrong because it makes one group of people superior to another for the simple fact that it has been the…

In Plato’s The Republic Justice is a prominent and reoccurring theme. There were many questions asked about Justice, its definition, what it consisted of and whether it was a worthwhile investment to be a just person or an unjust person. Plato and his interlocutor’s breakdown and attempt to define justice in the setting of a polis created in thought. The main premise behind this was to observe justice at work so that it could be properly defined. There were two cities that were proposed and…

The Center for Justice at Columbia, Rikers Education Program: Men’s Program Manager The Rikers Education Program (REP) is seeking to fill the position of program manager of the men’s programming due to a vacancy left due to the the current program manager relocating to California to enter a doctoral program. This is a full time position starting February 13, 2017. The program manager will report to the Director of Operations and Evaluation. The role of the program manager is to develop,…

I do agree with Michael Sandel that using his three ideas for determining justice or injustice for social issues is valuable. Maximizing welfare, respecting freedom and promoting virtue will contribute to deciding whether or not that a social issue would be under the notion of justice or injustice. The Dakota pipeline is a controversial topic in the news today. I believe that the Dakota pipeline goes against all three of Michael Sandel’s ideas and is injustice. The Dakota pipeline is not…

book “Dumping in Dixie: Race, Class, and Environmental Quality” by Robert D. Bullard he discusses the importance of environmental quality and the effects of racial and social hierarchy’s contribution to environmental problems in poor, working class, urban communities. Being that Bullard is known as the “Father of environmental justice” this book is just one of many of the embodiments of everything he stands for as an environmentalist and sociologist. Not only does he inform the reader on…

Within Plato’s Crito, there is dialogue between Socrates and his long-time friend Crito regarding the nature of justice and how one should act in the face of injustice. Crito offers to help Socrates escape prison to evade execution, yet Socrates argues it is wrong for him to escape in response to the injustice he has been dealt. Dealing with the relationship between an individual and a state’s laws, this dialogue is the foundation for inquiry into arguments for being a law-abiding citizen,…

inward approach to evaluate the change of nature throughout human history. David Quammen’s Wild Thoughts from Wild Places is a compilation of personal accounts that addresses different natural phenomena and looks deeper into the environmental and social justice behind human involvement in the natural world. In Wild Thoughts from Wild Places, Quammen points to specific animal species, white tigers and the superdove, to reveal environmental injustices that are continuously happening in…

started writing Science Fiction novels that talk about the social injustice that is occurring all around us. We sure do dream about a world of justice, but dreams do not often come true. We wait for a shooting star to wish for justice, we pray for God to send us miracles that will serve justice, and we ask our ancestors to help guide our souls to serve justice. Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice…