Category: Justice

Platos Nature of Justice: A Critical Analysis This essay is a culmination of personal opinions along with reference to several other works on a similar topic all of which have been cited duly. Abstract There are several takes on the nature and theories of justice. However, Plato in his Republic provides some very famous arguments…

In my opinion, justice is an act of giving freedom to an individual through the means of proper rules and regulations and promoting equality. It aims to provide equal rights, opportunities, and facilities to an individual and society in a fair way. However, according to Merriam 2018, justice means securing and protecting of rights of…

Injustice faced by people around the world has always driven my desire to try and help others in both my immediate vicinity and on a broader scale. For example, the three hundred days without charge that Jagtar Singh Johal faced when he was abducted by the Indian authorities in 2017 on fabricated accusations moved me…

The concept of poverty, capability deprivation, and social exclusion have been widely used but on problematical perception. The capability approach reflects different ways in which humans’ lives become blighted, which in turn gives a framework into which poverty can be analyzed. Various authors in books and journals have come forward to explain poverty as a…

Journalists are often faced with difficult challenges. I recently confronted a particularly distressing one in Afghanistanone that involves life or death. Let me begin by saying that most reporters question at some point in their careers whether it is morally right to get involved in the situation theyre covering versus following professional journalism guidelines that…

Abstract In this paper, the Rule of Law forms one of the supreme manifestations in human civilization with eternal values of constitutionalism, attributed to democracy and good governance. Constitutional Law mandates through its provisions and fundamental obligations with the conception of equality before the law, social justice and liberty involve a sense of supremacy and…

My chosen social action is the Caritas agency. Caritas was founded back on the 9th November 1897 and was formed by a single man from Germany, Lorenz Werthmann as well as now becoming the second largest network in the world following right after The Red Cross. However, being a large agency they strive to carry…

The United Nations describes social justice as everyone deserving equal economic, political, and social rights and opportunities. Social justice focuses on equality for all regardless of sexuality, gender, race, religion, poverty economic status andor disability. In its most simple terms, poverty can be defined as not having the means to fund the costs of basic…

Having lived in New York City among a multitude of people, there was always a feeling of anonymity and isolation living among so many. Therefore I appreciated being born and growing up in Trinidad and Tobago as there is always the feeling of belonging to a close-knit community, the kindness of strangers, and the feeling…

Social justice in the contemporary world is related to determining logical criteria for the allocation of goods, services, opportunity, benefits, power, and honors as well as obligations in society, particularly in a scarcity situation. It is evident that political philosophers and scholars from Plato to contemporary philosophers have been engaged in a great debate about…