scholarly journals Conservation As Shared Responsibility: Social Equity, Social Justice, and the Public Good

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-24
Author(s):  
Ainslee Meredith ◽  
Robyn Sloggett ◽  
Marcelle Scott
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Shared Responsibility ◽  
The Public

‘Everything Belongs to God’

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walter Rech
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Economic Inequality ◽  
Private Ownership ◽  
Social Conflicts ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Wealth Redistribution ◽  
Social Teachings

This chapter examines and contextualizes Sayyid Qutb’s doctrine of property and social justice, which he articulated at a time of deep social conflicts in Egypt. The chapter describes how Qutb, along with other writers concerned with economic inequality in the 1920s–40s such as Hasan al-Banna (1906–1949) and Abd al-Razzaq al-Sanhuri (1895–1971), conceptualised private ownership as a form of power that must be limited by religious obligations and subordinated to the public good. The chapter further shows that Qutb made this notion of restrained property central to a broader theory of social justice and wealth redistribution by combining the social teachings of the Qur’an with the modern ideal of the centralized interventionist state. Arguably this endeavour to revitalise the Quranic roots of Islamic charity and simultaneously appropriate the discourse of modern statehood made Qutb’s position oscillate between legalism and anti-legalism.

Universities, Unjust Law, and Campus Sanctuaries

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 95-100
Author(s):  
A. Naomi Paik
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Good ◽  
Presidential Election ◽  
Intellectual Freedom ◽  
Right Wing ◽  
Community Based ◽  
The Public ◽  
Community Based Organizations ◽  
Us Presidential Election

This essay examines the campus sanctuary movement that launched in response to the 2016 US presidential election. It focuses on the case of my employer to illuminate the broader context of the campus sanctuary movement's nationwide emergence, including the neoliberal evisceration of higher education and right-wing attacks on intellectual freedom and demands for social justice. Recognizing that the institution will not save us, sanctuary organizers not only demand that institutions use their resources for the public good, but they also work beyond the confines of institutions to build the resources that we need through community-based organizations.

scholarly journals Visual graphics for human rights, social justice, democracy and the public good

2012 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 465-478 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vedant Nanackchand ◽  
◽  
Kim Berman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Public Good ◽  
The Public

scholarly journals Shifting Conceptions of Social (IN) Justice in Nepal

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Poshendra Satyal Pravat
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Equity ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
Policy And Practice ◽  
Cultural Traditions ◽  
Participatory Decision Making ◽  
The Public ◽  
Restructuring Process ◽  
Over Time

The purpose of this paper is to analyse and situate the changing discourses of social (in)justice in the context of political transition and restructuring process that Nepal has gone through since 2006. This paper discusses the origin and development of the discourse and analyses how its meaning has changed over time. As the paper argues, the earlier discourses of social justice in Nepal can be linked to the Hindu and Buddhist notion of dharma and various other ethnic cultural traditions. After Janandolan-I in 1990, the policy and practice of social justice began to be equated with the principle of equality, which was based on the assumptions of sameness. After Janandolan-II in 2006, the public conception of social justice has shifted towards a more vocal emphasis on social equity, inclusiveness, proportionate representation and participatory decision-making. The article provides empirical manifestations of social injustices in Nepal, linking them with various discourses and traditions of justice in the early and modern historical, socio-cultural and political contexts. It is hoped that a thorough understanding of historical shifting of public conceptions of social (in)justice in Nepal will be useful in guiding the country’s future public policies towards inclusive restructuring and equitable development.  

Positional Commitments and the Public Good: Perceptions of a Defecting Group Leader

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark E. Sibicky ◽  
Cortney B. Richardson ◽  
Anna M. Gruntz ◽  
Timothy J. Binegar ◽  
David A. Schroeder ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Group Leader ◽  
The Public
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