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Justice

ICSE · Class 11 · Political Science

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1

Meaning and Nature of Justice

  • Justice connects law, rights, liberty, equality, fraternity, and cooperation in political theory.
  • Justice is difficult to define because people give it different meanings at different times and in different situations.
  • Justice is a dynamic concept; its meaning changes over time.
2

Theories of Justice

  • Philosophical theory treats justice in abstract or metaphysical terms.
  • Hindu scriptures connect justice with Dharma, meaning righteousness and duty.
  • Plato explains justice as the right ordering of the human personality and of society.
3

Kinds of Justice

  • Social justice means balancing individual rights with social control and protecting legitimate expectations.
  • Social justice requires sacrifice of some individual rights for general interest.
  • Social justice includes protection of minorities and the removal of poverty and illiteracy.
4

Rawls, Nozick, and Sen

  • John Rawls wrote papers on justice as fairness from 1958 and developed the ideas in A Theory of Justice in 1971.
  • Rawls follows a contractarian or procedural theory of justice.
  • Rawls uses the original position and the veil of ignorance.

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