Social justice

Social justice

Objective:

1. understand what is just
2. understand what is distribution

3. analyze what is just distribution.

John Rawls

Poll

you don't know who you are going to be in the world (class) how would you like the class to be governed

• opportunities more accessible to intelligent/toppers

• opportunities open to all

• no remedial sessions for anyone

• remedial sessions for students in need

• basic rights same for all

Let's recap

what is justice as per socrates? what are the 3 principles?

Open Ended

Write what you remember from the last session?

what is justice?

• could be anything!

• socrates

• adiamentus

• modern times

• due

justice>wellbeing of all> due>human life>equal dignity

Multiple Select

Do you remember who talked about the equal dignity of humans?

• Aristotle

• Kant

• Socrates

• Adiamentas

3 principles

• equal treatment of equals

• proportionate

• special needs

Open Ended

What is justice according to you? how many principles of justice does it follow?

what is justice

abstract/ governed by principles- no hard and fast rules

what is distribution?

Open Ended

what words you associate with distribution?

give, gift, salary, wage, due, loan, spread

goods and services- benefits, money, land, health facilities, educational facilities, opportunity

How you distribute is very important

Poll

If you were a govt official and had the authority to set up (distribute) hospitals, how would you go about it

• see which regions are more sickness prone and set up hospital there

• see which region is well connected with roads, metro

• see which area is available for cheap so tax payers money is not wasted

difficult to please everyone

rich, middle-class, poor