In ten pages this paper examines various issues pertaining to social justice from political and philosophical perspectives. Five sources are cited in the bibliography.
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problems are dealt with. The idea is also looked at philosophically and politically. Bibliography lists 5 sources SA142sj.rtf I. Introduction:
Issues and Concepts Involved in the Movement From Justice to Social Justice After the World Trade Towers were destroyed, the U.S. government wanted to launch a
mission called Infinite Justice. It seems as if that would be a noble cause, because the justice was deemed to be infinite. Yet, it appears that there was a conflict
as infinite justice is a religious concept and so the name of the operation was changed. What that lesson teaches is that concepts of justice are not to be taken
lightly, nor are they easily defined. One important thing to note is the difference between justice and social justice. The Sophist Thrasymachus said that "justice is nothing more than the
interest of the stronger" and Comnes takes that sentiment a step further comparing it to "the recurring theme of Oscars TV nature programs and the not-so-hidden agenda of a bevy
of human predators ranging from the fundamentalist right to real estate salespeople" (Comnes, 1998, p. 353). He explains that nature is not just, but rapacious (1998). It is instead
a theater of adaptive and predatory deception (1998). One can clearly see that Thrasymachus, and others who recognize truth, believe that the survival of the fittest paradigm does hold true
and negates the idea of justice that is intrinsic in nature. Rather, justice goes to societal and political values. In other words, justice is a social construction and it is
something implemented to make things right again. Justice may be equated with the execution of a murderer or giving back a store owner an item that was stolen. Justice