Social justice

• Robert Nozick: '"a just society protects what we are entitled to"'
• Rights


  • We have a right to our own body (choice)
  • Our property is our own! (even after death)
• Nozick's view


  People should be able to choose whatever they share what they earn? The government don't have the right to take it by force.
• Rawl's view


  Give money (equality)
• Government don't have the right to take money by force. This is theft/slavery.</b>
• Privileges should be taken away from the privileged
• Justice for groups


  • We should focus on achieving justice for less privileged social groups
  • Different groups have different characteristics
  • People belong to multiple groups (intersectionality)
  • To address social injustice effectively, we need to focus on achieving fairness to social groups, rather than individuals
• Jonathan Haidt's view


  Focusing on group identity is counter-productive in the fight against injustice
• Right to Safety


  Society should be protected from harmful speech including repeated small offences called micro-aggressions
• Case study - Kevin Joseph


  • Orthodox Jewish (suffered anti-Jewish abuse)
  • Aged 60 (Guilty for hate crime)
  • Fined £200 for actions
• Free Speech


  • The right to free speech is a fundamental freedom meaning it takes priority over other freedoms
  • Censorship is when speech isn't free (e.g. shouting over a speaker / turning off a microphone)
• Reasons for biased to free speech law


  • Allows share of opinion
• Reasons against free speech law


  • Offensive/discriminatory
• People should be able to say what they think