Class 11 Political Science Notes Chapter 4 Social Justice
Justice was associated with dharma in ancient society to be a primary duty of a king.
The Greek philosopher Plato interprets justice in his book ‘The Republic’ as a life of people conforming to the rules of functional specialization.
Justice has been defined in a various ways, i.e. at sometimes it believed “As you sow, so shall you reap”, and sometimes considered the result of actions in previous birth or the will of God.
According to Prof. Selmond justice is a means to distribute the due share to every body while Marxist considers from each according to his ability to each according to his needs”.
John Rawls describes justice as thinking under a ‘veil of ignorance’ where position and status in society, everybody would decide as per one’s own interests.
The fundamental elements of justice are equality before law, respect for the necessities of nature, truth and freedom, etc.
Justice exercises four dimensions, i.e. political, legal, social and economic.
Social justice refers to equal treatment to each and everybody in the society without any discrimination on the basis of caste, creed, color, race, religion, etc.
Justice and liberty and justice and equality are closely related to each other.