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Social Justice Is it instinctive? Social Justice Is it instinctive?

Social Justice Is it instinctive? - PowerPoint Presentation

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Social Justice Is it instinctive? - PPT Presentation

Is it achievable Is it even desirable Origins of Social Justice Social scientists believe that the idea of fairness is instinctive in humans However while there are universal principles of justice what it looks like varies from culture to culture and from group to group within society ID: 652664

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Social Justice

Is it instinctive?

Is it achievable?

Is it even desirable?Slide2

Origins of Social Justice

Social scientists believe that the idea of fairness is instinctive in humans

However, while there are universal principles of justice, what it looks like varies from culture to culture and from group to group within society

Our ideas about what constitutes justice varies over timeWhat does it mean to you?Slide3

Principles of Social Justice (John Rawls)

Two principles are necessary for social justice:

1)

Equal basic liberty for all2) The Difference Principle: inequality is allowed if it benefits everybodySlide4

Social Movements

Humans do not always achieve social justice

The need to achieve social justice drives social movements

Social movements are groups of people organized to achieve social change or social justice (in some cases, to defend the status quo).Example: the Civil Rights Movement of the USA (1950s-60s); Roe v. WadeSlide5

Types of Social Movement

Revolutionary

: attempts to build a new society

American Revolution; Communist Revolution; Protestant ReformationReformative: attempts to change a specific part of societyWomen’s Liberation Movement; Gay Rights, Idle No More (on right

)Redemptive: Attempts to change peopleReligious conversionAlternative: attempts limited changes in peopleMADD

 

Change People

Change Society

Complete Change

Revolutionary

Redemptive

Specific Change

Reformative

AlternativeSlide6

Why bother?Slide7

Stages 4 & 5 (Congo & the Holocaust)