Just Society

A Just Society is a society that actively addresses injustice.

• AKA: Decent Society, Fair Society.
• Context:
  • It can (typically) implement Social Welfare Programs.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Unjust Society, with high economic inequality.
• See: Utilitarianism, Common Good, Veil of Ignorance, Democratic Society.

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References

2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/just_society Retrieved:2015-8-2.
  • The idea of a just society first gained modern attention when philosophers such as John Stuart Mill asked, "What is a 'just society'?" Their writings covered several different perspectives including allowing individuals to live their lives as long as they didn't infringe on the rights to others, to the idea that the resources of society should be distributed to all, including those most deserving first. In 1861, John Stuart Mill published an essay entitled, “Utilitarianism”. In this famous essay, Mill advocated the latter view, in which decision makers attended to the “common good” and all other citizens worked collectively to build communities and programs that would contribute to the good of others.

2014

• (Piketty, 2014) ⇒ Thomas Piketty. (2014). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century." Harvard University Press. ISBN:9780674369559
  • QUOTE: By contrast, I am interested in contributing, however modestly, to the debate about the best way to organize society and the most appropriate institutions and policies to achieve a just social order. Furthermore, I would like to see justice achieved effectively and efficiently under the rule of law, which should apply equally to all and derive from universally understood statutes subject to democratic debate.

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