Social Justice

Social Justice

Introduction

Social justice is a concept that has appeared in the mid- nineteenth century , referred to situations of social inequality , which defines the search for balance between unequal partners, through the creation of protection or inequality of opposite sign, on behalf of the weakest. Social justice refers directly to the right of the poorest sections of society, especially workers and the enjoyment of social and economic human rights, known as second generation rights, of which no human being should be private. To illustrate the concept is often said that while justice is blind traditional, social justice must take off the blindfold to see reality and make the inequalities that occur in it (Freeman, 2006). In the same vein said that while the justice called "commutative "is the corresponding peer justice" social "is that for unequal.

The idea of ??social justice is aimed at creating the conditions for the development of a sustainable society in economic terms. It includes all the decisions, rules and principles concerned to ensure reasonable working conditions and living decent for the whole population. It also involves the concept of a state asset, removing obstacles to the development of relations on an equal footing (Gilabert, 2008).

Awareness of the Effects of Social Inequities

Income and Economic Inequalities

Social inequalities exist in various forms today in this world. It not only concerns with balancing the role of gender, but also extends in the dimensions of income gap, economic inequalities, racial discrimination, judicial discrimination, and religious stereotypes. In terms of income and economic inequalities, up through the early 20th century, a small portion of wealthy citizens held a comparatively large portion of wealth in the U.S. Over the past few decades, employers have been transferring jobs from the U.S. to countries where labor is cheaper (Ackerman, 2007).

The trend began with manufacturing workers but has since spread to some white-collar workers, such as telephone operators and computer programmers. Accompanying the loss of middle-income jobs has been a general weakening of the U.S. labor movement, as the shift from blue-collar to white-collar jobs has caused a decline in union membership (Brenda, 2011). The loss of union power has meant that there is less pressure on corporations to pay more to low-wage workers. At the same time, wages at the top end of corporations, particularly those of chief executive officers (CEOs), have risen dramatically. There is a popular perception of widespread economic mobility in the U.S., in reality advancement has not grown in the past several decades, even as the income gap has widened (Mower, 2008). 

Education

In terms of providing quality education to every child in the country is also criticized in terms of social inequalities. In recent years, concern over the perceived lack of quality in the U.S. public school system has led to a movement toward implementing and enforcing educational standards. But while many agree that schools need improvement, there has been disagreement about whether to implement standards, and over what form they should take if ...