Social justice facts for kids
Social justice is an idea of justice that affirms social equality against any kind of discrimination or abuse out of social class, social status or any other reasons.
This idea is discussed by modern philosophers such as John Rawls. It is a fundamental idea for International Labour Organization for universal and lasting peace; And Vienna Declaration also affirm social justice as a subject and a purpose of education for human rights.
Social justice has been criticized by many people.
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An artist's rendering of what Plato might have looked like. From Raphael's early 16th century painting "Scuola di Atene".
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Roman copy in marble of a Greek bronze bust of Aristotle by Lysippos, c. 330 BC. The alabaster mantle is modern.
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Bust of Socrates
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Social justice has been traditionally credited to be coined by Jesuit priest Luigi Taparelli in the 1840s, but the expression is older
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Thomas Pogge
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See also
In Spanish: Justicia social para niños
