How important is social justice to you? How do you define "social justice"?

Question

How important is social justice to you? How do you define "social justice"?

Answer 1

It's a vague, empty term that vacuous academics, hysterical students, and special interest groups like to bandy about and apply to any situation that displeases their sense of entitlement for themselves or others.

Answer 2

Christmas, last I checked justice was one word, enough to confound Socrates until finally those lazy sophists had him kill himself... and now you're adding a second?

I'm reading that you basically think I'm twice as smart as Socrates.  You're not wrong.

Justice is important, it's also so much of an abstraction that, unless codified by the sovereign, is too unwieldy to be useful (IMHO).

That's why great thinkers like Socco or Sayyid Qutb can wind up with wildly crazy/ scary means to reach their idea of this end.

With human nature being what it is, I would take our current system, but with an enforced mandate that every citizen (and news outlet) be more devoted to being informed on issues of import, i.e. the details of the proposed FTA with Korea as opposed to the flavor of Ms. Spears' cooter.

Answer 3

Very little.

I define it as one of the paramount concerns of the very, very far-left in the US.

Answer 4

Social justice is extremely important. To me, it refers to the fair, equal and just (both legal or moral) treatment of all persons, no matter what their race, religion, age, colour, gender, language, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.

It depends on the acknowledgement that everyone of us are equal, no matter what circumstances we come from, and are all equally deserving of every opportunity, and of basic rights.

Answer 5

social justice usually to the let means equal outcome, our government only is supposed to provide equal opportunity

Answer 6

I think social justice is a good thing, if applied to the correct people, it could keep socialism and communism from running this country , possibly in 09.