Social justice

Mid-term exam question 1 In the book Plato Republic, translated by Christopher Row, Plato and what would be his modern colleagues, embark on a journey to define justice on an individual level and a city level. For Plato, justice or morality begins with a healthy mind or soul. When looking closer into ones soul. The soul is made up of three parts, The rational or reasoning section, the appetitive section and lastly the spirit. For the soul to be just each of these sections must perform their…

His aim was to identify the root of social injustics and epathy around the corner. Sarangani was in a bad stage wherein they had no roads, no water, everyone was unhealthy especially the youth and their biggest problem was kidnap and gun shoots where rampant. The first move was that they…

Perhaps one of the most important pioneers of social justice was social activist and Baptist Minister Martin Luther King, Jr. His speech presented in 1963, “I Have a Dream”, sparked a new wave of social change. This essay will summarize the King Biography, and then analyze and react to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream.” On January 15, 1929 in rural Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King was the middle child of…

egalitarianism or equality of fortune fails the fundamental test of any egalitarian theory meets”.in "What is the point of equality”. In this paper, I would argue that luck egalitarianism, in some degrees however, weaken not only the equality but also the justice. In section one, I will demonstrate what is luck egalitarianism and equality of fortune. To make it more clear, followed explainations on Anderson’s views about the flaw understanding of the point of equality based on luck…

Every character in Aeschylus's Oresteia is concerned with the notion of justice. The trilogy repeatedly emphasizes a fundamental concept of justice: revenge. It is a really simple but powerfully emotional basis for justice, associating retribution with family, emotions and honor. The Oresteia explores whether the revenge ethic is adequate as a legitimate basis for justice. It depicts the flaws of the practice of personal vendetta: the cyclical nature of blood crimes and the lack of a clear…

Desert (in contemporary Liberal theory) asymmetrical in the contexts of Distributive and Retributive Justice, especially Criminal Law, keeping in mind the perspective of Rawls? One can argue that the nature of Criminal Law is such that it is usually seen as a ‘state institution in charge of state punishment’ – its scope, apparatus and effects are determined by the principles of Retributive Justice set up by the society. The Criminal Law is not made up of monads calling for philosophical…

Correctness has been synonymous with justice since the arrival of modern law. However, to claim that “justice” is equal to “being correct” is to bastardize the very essence of “correctness”. This is a result of modeling our justice system after our very own sense of what is correct -- what we believe is best for society. But as one might realize, there then appears a flaw with our justice: What if one’s sense of justice does not agree with another’s sense of justice? What if this very issue…

he details many different examples of justice, in his sense, and how a government should be formed based on that definition. Similarly, in a conversation between Socrates, Thrasymachus, and other ancient Greeks, Thrasymachus imposes an opinion of justice being the advantage of the stronger onto his friends. There are many problems with this argument and Aristotle demonstrates this throughout books one to four in Politics. Aristotle believes that justice is not the advantage of the stronger…

Everyone should be entitled to environmental justice. The propose of environmental justice is that all people and communities should have equal protection under environmental public health laws and regulations. Quite often this is not the case, for instant communities that consist mostly of racial/ethnic minorities or low income families are disproportionately exposed to environmental hazards (NCBI, n.d.). Since this group is already at a disadvantage the exposure to these hazard toxin has…

(2003: 254), the term equity is considered to be “social justice and fairness”. This describes equity as a term which is largely associated with principles which are rooted in distributive justice, as described by Braveman & Guskin (2003). In other words “equity” can be referred to as the lack of inconsistencies in health, as stated by Braveman & Guskin (2003). However, it is also noted that individuals from many different backgrounds may depict social injustices very differently, depending on…