Chasing Justice
What are some of the BIG questions that might surface while chasing justice?
Justice
Economics
Civil Disobedience
NTP: Justice
Critical race theory: What it is and what it isn’t
When Can We Justifiably Rebel against the State?
Distributive Justice
Seven modern philosophers to help us build a better world after the pandemic
"Arguments for Capitalism and Socialism" by Thomas Metcalf from the 1000 Word Philosophy site
"Defining Capitalism and Socialism" by Thomas Metcalf from the 1000 Word Philosophy site
"John Rawl's A Theory of Justice" by Ben Davies from the 1000 Word Philosophy site
"Distributive Justice: How Should Resources be Allocated?" by Dick Timmer and Tim Meijers from the 1000 Word Philosophy site
"How to Establish Social Order? Three Early Chinese Answers" by Henrique Schneider from the 1000 Word Philosophy site
Greed and the philosophy of wealth
A History of Income Inequality in the United States
Which Income Class Are You?
Gini Index
Lorenz Curve
Human Development Index (HDI)
Kate Raworth: Exploring Doughnut Economics
VIDS: Justice
"Civil Disobedience" by Nigel Warburton from the BBC's A History of Ideas series"The Veil Of Ignorance" by Nigel Warburton from the BBC's A History of Ideas series
"Habeas Corpus" by Nigel Warburton from the BBC's A History of Ideas series
"Lex Talionis and Retribution" by Nigel Warburton from the BBC's A History of Ideas series
"Does an invisible hand guide the economy?" by Nigel Warburton from the BBC's A History of Ideas series
"Are We Obligated to Obey the Law?" by Matthew Chrisman from the Wi-Phi series
"Tragedy of the Commons" by Jonathan Anomaly from the Wi-Phi series
"What are Public Goods?" by Jonathan Anomaly from the Wi-Phi series
"The Original Position" by Luvell Anderson from the Wi-Phi series
"The Prisoner's Dilemma" by Geoff Sayre-McCord from the Wi-Phi series
PODS: Justice
"John Rawls - A Theory of Justice" by Stephen West from Philosophize This!"Robert Nozick - The Minimal State" by Stephen West from Philosophize This!
"Friedrich Von Hayek - The Road to Serfdom" by Stephen West from Philosophize This!
"Austrians and Marx" by Stephen West from Philosophize This!
"Capitalism vs. Communism" by Stephen West from Philosophize This!
"Chandran Kukathas on Hayek's Liberalism" from the philosophy bites series
"John Tomasi on Free Market Fairness" from the philosophy bites series
"Kate Pickett on the Case for Equality" from the Social Science Bites series
"Angus Deaton on Health and Inequality" from the Social Science Bites series
"Alan Ryan on Freedom and Its History" from the philosophy bites series
IEP: Justice
Western Theories of JusticeTheories of Distributive Justice
Property
Socialism
SEP: Justice
Distributive JusticeSocialism
Karl Marx
Economics and Economic Justice
Equality of Opportunity
Intergenerational Justice
Climate Justice
Justice and Access to Health Care
Justice and Bad Luck
Globalization
Lit
"Crito-cism" of Socrates' Take
What is the intersection among the public and private? Read through Socrates' arguments concerning why he should stay and face his execution.
Questions:
- Would we really be worse off without a state?
- How binding is a contract that was never actually articulated?
- Of the three arguments which one is the most effective and why?
Fronting Thoreau
Read Henry David Thoreau's short essay, "On Civil Disobedience."
Questions:
Read Kurt Vonnegut's very short story entitled "Harrison Bergeron."
Here is an audio version:
Questions:
Questions:
Questions:
- When Thoreau wrote "that government is best which giverns least" was he anticipating Nozick and his so-called "night watchmen" theory of state?
- When Thoreau observed "Let your life be a counter friction to stop the machine" was he advocating anarchy? What did he mean?
- If the proper place for a just moral agent living within an unjust society is prison, and given the vast amount of social inequity and marginalization within our society, then should you be in prison, i.e. fighting tirelessly for justice?
- How would you define justice? Do you think fairness, entitlement, or sufficiency has the most explanatory power?
Kurt Vonnegut
Read Kurt Vonnegut's very short story entitled "Harrison Bergeron."
Here is an audio version:
Questions:
- Does justice as fairness require(or ask for) the handicapping of those with more natural ability? Is there a "straw ballerina" at work here?
- Much of the online commentary suggests that Vonnegut's story shows the inevitable and undesirable consequence of stressing outcomes instead of opportunity in theories of justice. Given the inequity that does exist in our society today, is the disfiguring, imposing of "weights," and in general the creation of barriers in actuality targeting the disenfrachised? If so, is this a narrative in support of Rawlsian justice?
- How might the author have changed the story (and its metaphors) to criticize justice as entitlement?
"Still I Rise" by Maya Angelou
Questions:
- Click on the image and read the full poem. Relate a theory of justice to the central message of the poem. Which theory resonates most fully and why?