Soc Justice
Social justice, to me means, that everyone is entitled to certain rights, regardless of who they are, where they come from, or how much money they have. I grew up in household that taught me the importance of equality, and have always believed that no one person is better than another. However I know in our culture an individual’s economic status and background tend to guide the privileges given to them. I think if one individual is given a something, there is no reason another person should be denied it. It is going to be hard to achieve this equality because it really would have to be a group effort and the majority of our society would have to be committed to making such a large change. I think that’s why I want to be a social worker; I want to help those individuals that are denied things that others are able to get.
Dr. Charles R. Horejsi defines social justice as the “fairness and moral rightness of social and institutional structures.” Dr. Horejsi and I both believe that social justice has to do with equality, but he focuses more on how our society’s institutions cause the imbalance. Dr. Horejsi also explains economic justice in his article. He states that economic justice is, “the fair apportioning of material resources and economic opportunities and burdens”. By giving his definition for both social and economic justice, he has helped me see that economic justice deals more with fairness in regards to material resources and the opportunity to gain those resources, while social justice deals more with individuals getting equal moral rights from societies institutions.
After reading Dr. Horejsi article I can now see that social justice is the right for every one in our society to be treated equally by all of our social institutions. I realize now that my original definition only granted certain rights to individuals, I now believe all rights given to any individual should be available to everyone. Dr. Horejsi also believes...
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