Notes on Social Justice
- Social Philosophy from the Wikipedia
- Distributive Justice from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
- Social Justice Issues from North Carolina State University and
University of San Diego ethics sites.
- John Rawls
- Rawls' Veil of Ignorance
- Summary of Rawls philosophy
- From Rawls'
Obituary:
"
Rawls is considered by many to be the most important political philosopher of the second half of the 20th century and a powerful advocate of the liberal perspective.
In A Theory of Justice, Rawls sets forth the proposition that each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. Therefore, in a just society the rights secured by justice are not subject to political bargaining or to the calculus of social interests."
For a fictional treatment of Rawl's theory, see Ursula LeGuin's The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas (alt)
Sociologists frequently approach the problem of social justice by studying how relatively
powerless communities and groups confront powerful economic and political interests.
For a brief example, see Knowledge, Power, And Participation In Virtual Communities: Lessons From The Environmental Movement