scholarly journals Exploring the Theory of Social Welfare Philosophy Based on Social Justice: Comparison of Rawls and Sandel

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-25
Author(s):  
Yoo, Taehan
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Welfare

scholarly journals Preface by Editor-in-Chief

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (10) ◽  
pp. 5
Author(s):  
Ingrida Baranauskiene
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Disability Studies ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Interdisciplinary Approach ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
The State ◽  
Scientific Concept ◽  
Social Challenges ◽  
Starting Point

<p>Dear authors, members of the editorial board, and readers of the scientific interdisciplinary journal <em>Social Welfare: Interdisciplinary Approach</em>. We present to you one more issue of the journal. As in previous issues, in the present issue, an interdisciplinary approach to social welfare in a national and intercultural context is important to us. In this issue, we present to your attention the works of scientists from three countries in one way or another related to social welfare, the concept of which is constructed and presented in three chapters: <em>Social Challenges</em>, <em>The Development of Professional Competences</em> and <em>Disability Studies</em>. Going deeper into the presented scientific works, it can be seen that in many of them we can name social justice as the main idea. This scientific concept and the starting point of the formation of the concept of life has reached us from ancient times. All of us know Plato, Socrates’ disciple, and his ontological concept of justice related to a virtue of the soul. Justice for Plato is one of the major virtues that encompasses both state governance and human life in general. It can be argued that he saw the benefits of justice in the life of the state and the individual, including the idea that justice unites society (Plato, 2000<a title="" href="#_ftn1">[1]</a>). Aristotle gives justice the meaning of redistribution and sharing. On the other hand, although Aristotle’s justice is restricted to Greek citizens, in any case, the idea of sharing, redistributing, offsetting was spread thanks to Aristotle (Aristotle, 1990<a title="" href="#_ftn2">[2]</a>). Thomas Aquinas not only linked the Christian tradition to the teaching of Aristotle, but also further developed the idea of justice and emphasized the importance of transposing the idea into law (Aquinas, 2015<a title="" href="#_ftn3">[3]</a>). Immanuel Kant developed a moral theory which, in the context of our days, is, in my view, an important duty as the strongest pillar of morality (Kant, 1987<a title="" href="#_ftn4">[4]</a>). Without going into polemic about how much Immanuel Kant’s philosophy influenced John Rawls’ theory of social justice, I will quote the principles of justice defined by him: “a) each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive scheme of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar scheme of liberties for others; and in this scheme the equal political liberties, and only those liberties, are to be guaranteed their fair value. b) Social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are both: (a) to the greatest benefit of the least advantaged, consistent with the just savings principle, and (b) attached to offices and positions open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity” (Rawls, 2002, p. 61<a title="" href="#_ftn5">[5]</a>). It can be said that Rawls’ idea that we will not achieve social welfare in the state until justice, including social justice, is ensured, has laid the foundations for a modern understanding of social justice. The dialectic of the concept of justice is also reflected in the works of our authors as the emphasis on justice as a value (Arūnas Acus, Liutauras Kraniauskas; Ilona Dobrovolskytė), the disclosure of the meaning of sharing (Jurgita Lenkauskaitė; Olga Kuprieieva, Tetiana Traverse, Liudmyla Serdiuk, Olena Chykhantsova, Oleksandr Shamych), the construct of the concept of law (Daiva Malinauskienė, Aistė Igorytė; Ingrida Baranauskienė, Alla Kovalenko, Inna Leonova), the understanding of a theory of civic morality, a duty that is a pillar of morality (Svitlana Kravchuk; Elena Kuftyak; Asta Volbikienė, Remigijus Bubnys; Simas Garbenis, Renata Geležinienė, Greta Šiaučiulytė). And it does not matter at all whether this is analyzed in the context of social challenges, disability studies or professional competences. It can be stated that the idea of social justice is the driving force behind the scientific works of this journal.</p><p>Wishing everyone to stay healthy, both physically and spiritually, I place social justice as a fundamental value in these turbulent times of a global pandemic. But life does not stand still, so we look forward to your new research works. There will be no us without you.</p><div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /></div>

Social Policy and Social Justice

1974 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Pinker
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Division ◽  
Moral Ideals ◽  
The Social

In this review of the changing relationship between social policy and social justice I will be concerned with three main areas of debate. Firstly, I wish to attempt a clarification of the moral ideals of social welfare which find expression in those criteria of social justice by which people in similar states of need are treated differently. My second concern is to review and redefine what constitutes the social division of welfare in Britain today. Thirdly, I wish to explore the extent to which these ideals of social welfare complement or conflict with one another.

Climate, economy and justice — the interdependent aspects of global well-being: An analysis of develop-mental economy, climate and justice in light of its global politics

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sonia Kapur
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Social Development ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Global Politics ◽  
Climate Change Economics

In his book Climate, Economy, and Justice: Global Frontiers of Social Development in Theory and Practice, Brij Mohan assembled the works of a team of experts on topics such as climate change, economics and social justice. According to the author, this book explodes myths about social welfare and development and offers a critical interface between “comparative social welfare” and “new social development”.

Paul U. Kellogg and the Survey: Voices for Social Welfare and Social Justice

1972 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 449
Author(s):  
Roy Lubove ◽  
Clarke A. Chambers
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Welfare

State Agrarianism versus Democratic Agrarianism: Adalberto Tejeda's Experiment in Veracruz, 1928–32

1998 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 341-372 ◽  
Author(s):  
EITAN GINZBERG
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Agrarian Reform ◽  
Full Range ◽  
The State ◽  
Central Factor ◽  
Federal Constitution

This article analyses Adalberto Tejeda's agrarian experiment in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, during the years 1928–32. This experiment was unique in two respects. First, disregarding the central government's policy, which sought to end agrarian distribution completely, it parcelled out land to the peasants on an unprecedented scale; secondly, it proved, contrary to the prevailing wisdom of the time, that agrarian reform implemented through the full range of channels offered by the 1917 federal constitution could serve as a tool of social justice and equality, and hence as a central factor in the advancement of social welfare and democracy in Mexico. This article seeks to show that the failure of the Veracruz experiment offers an explanation – perhaps a cardinal explanation – for the perceived failure of Mexican agrarian reform in general.

scholarly journals Equality, Social Justice and Social Welfare: A Road Map to the New Egalitarianisms

2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eithne McLaughlin ◽  
John Baker
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Road Map ◽  
The Way

This paper summarises the way equality has featured in the disciplines of social policy and political theory leading up to the presentation of a new egalitarianian framework for thinking about and acting for equality. The paper presents a broadly chronological, integrated review of the place of equality within the subjects concerned. The longstanding problems of universalism and targeting are themes which recur throughout, and in New Labour's approach to equality and social justice.

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