The difference between moral and ethics can seem somewhat arbitrary to many yet, in fact, there exists a delicate difference between these two respective ideas (Kayne, 2015). In this essay, the writer will attempt to present the difference between moral and ethics and evaluate the following ethical perspectives–utilitarianism, Rawls’s justice and fairness theory and communitarianism–as […]
Gregory C. Keating[1] is a professor of Law and Philosophy at the University of Southern California and teaches legal ethics, seminars and torts in political and legal philosophy. He is also an editor of a torts casebook and writes on torts, legal theory and professional responsibility. In his Article ‘Distributive and corrective justice in the […]
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Get startedJUDICIAL DECISION-MAKING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE I INTRODUCTION The judiciary’s collective reputation for impartiality and independence is vital in maintaining the perceived legitimacy of judges’ decisions. According to Sir Owen Dixon, this necessitates judges to accept that they should exercise their power via the techniques of legal reasoning.[1] Despite the general consensus on the importance of […]
James McBride’s memoir The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to His White Mother not only tells the story of his own life but also tells the story of his mother’s life. The book looks at the author’s life experiences as a person of mixed race, his struggle with his own identity, and the […]
Mercy and justice: Can they coexist? Abstract This paper is about if mercy and justice can co-exist. The paper discusses justice in today’s society, mercy’s role in the justice system, and God’s mercy and justice. Mercy and justice: Can they coexist? Mercy and justice can be viewed as two separate virtues. While justice seeks resolution, […]
According to the Margaret Wente in her article, the freedom of the speech in the universities is being faced with some challenges where it is almost dying. The way freedom of the speech is applied in the university it is becoming scary. Universities have been experiencing difficulties when it comes to the freedom of expression […]
Introduction “Criminal justice is controversial, not because the list of its goals is controversial, but because people differ over which are most important and which are to be given low-quality priority” (Sanders, 2010, p.47). There have been many disputes arising over the role of the criminal justice system in dispensing justice. Often criticized are the […]
Imagine a world where there were no rules and everyone lived for themselves! We would probably look like something out of a syfy movie depicting life around the caveman times. Social order is needed in order for a group of people to live, work or just exit around each other. If not, chaos and disruption […]
Only thing we have to fear is fear itself FDR in his inaugural speech in March 1933 was alerting the nation that fear was making things worse. Fear is such an incredible force, it has the power to bring people to their knees, paralyze some from moving at all, and make people run for safety […]
Anyone may say that the force is unfair and unjust. Yet, who is actually ready to accept the consequences for going against the unjust law? Is breaking the law worth the penalty? The government is the one to determine whether the law is fair but what if the people think it’s not? should we protest […]
The phenomenon of the hashtag was first utilized on Twitter over a decade ago. (Hitchings-Hales and Calderwood 2017) It has helped handle worldwide campaigns to bring issues to light of sexism, inequality, sexual abuse, and strife. “Hashtag activism encourages brisk reaction to imperative events with only a couple of tweets, Facebook posts and instant messages. […]
Today there are laws that guarantee the rights of people with disabilities and to help them not to be discriminated against, to receive the necessary accommodations at work and school, to receive specialized services to meet their educational needs and to receive a free and appropriate public education, unfortunately, none of these two require inclusion. […]
The United States is in dire need of a criminal justice reform to reduce prison population and make changes to the mandatory minimums for nonviolent offenses. During the 1970s and 1980s the criminal justice system focused on rehabilitation then it shifted to retribution and crime control (Atkinson, 2018). According to Atkinson (2018), there has been […]
Abstract Inspired by Dr. O’Connell’s social justice commitment along with his written stories, titled ‘Stories from the Shadows’, this paper will explore the importance and compulsoriness to treat homelessness as a social justice issue to solve homelessness problem in America. While being homeless was traditionally viewed as a personal failure and personal inequality, through the […]
Social Justice is imperative since it advances and progresses in the direction of a general public that praises decent variety and uniformity. Having greater equity and assorted variety in a general public is useful for society since it advances opportunity, development and social well being.The significance of social equity in relationship to a moral vision […]
I am seated across my high school counselor in his tiny dim office where only his desk and two chairs fit. In between us, stands his computer and stacks of disorganized documents. He wants to discuss my academic goals, but I get distracted as a piece of food flies out of his mouth and onto […]
Only thing we have to fear is fear itself FDR in his inaugural speech in March 1933 was alerting the nation that fear was making things worse. Fear is such an incredible force, it has the power to bring people to their knees, paralyze some from moving at all, and make people run for safety […]
Poverty is a problem that can be fixed for some Americans. They work, get paid, and spend their money wisely. Poverty can be viewed as a choice for some people based on their situations. But what about those stuck in the limbo of poverty without assistance, stuck on the streets because they have no other […]
Society is full of incorrect, biased, and unfair accusations about individuals and events in need of correction to guide them to equality. Social justice is this correction of equality past judgements of ethnicities and beliefs. A main character portrayed by Harper Lee, Atticus Finch, demonstrates this idea of social justice throughout the scenes by the […]
Introduction Paulo Freire’s idea of learning for social justice has influenced many academic disciplines and has remained an inspiration to many across the world. This Brazilian educator has been revolutionary in his ideas of education for justice and he has left a significant mark on thinking progressive practices in education. Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the […]
There are roughly 58 million Latinos/Hispanics currently residing in the United States (Flores, 2017). Making up 17 percent of the population, Latino/Hispanic Americans are the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, after non-Hispanic whites (Sue et al., 2016). This makes them the majority minority, as their population is over 4 percent larger than African […]
Racial profiling is a term, used by the police in other authority officials, but as we know the court sometimes shows favoritism to other people with different color. The concept of racial profiling has went beyond what it was suppose to. Police and their supporters assert that profiling represents a legitimate practice grounded in criminal […]
Community works towards these ideals to better represent and provide a quality music education to all students. The first goal is to provide free and equal music education for all students (Bates, 2012). This includes access to high-quality instruments, private instruction from highly qualified teachers, free uniforms, funds for program-related trips, and transportation (Bates, 2012). […]
The central issue presented by the #MeToo movement is sexual harassment. Feminist scholars argue that sexual harassment causes danger to women in general. Sexual harassment undermines women’s workplace authority, reinforces sexual stereotypes about appropriate gender behavior, and reduces them to sexual objects. We’re at a historic tipping point for women. In October 2017, the hashtag […]
Have you ever thought of power and how it affects communities of color? When power is taken away, people are being systematically disenfranchised. Systematically disenfranchised means to purposely take power away from a community or person. For example communities of color have been through experiences like this, such as being treated unequal because of how […]
Social Justice in Creative Works Introduction In most cases, matters of social justice entail advocacy of laws that enforce similar treatment to all people. Outspoken people have expressed their views on social justice by using literature as a tool to bring into attention issues related to environment and politics. Regarding the weight of such issues […]
Mental health is a major health problem that military community faces. Beyond physical injuries, veterans tend to be affected by all kinds of mental disorders such as psychological and psychiatric. As a result, those traumatic disorders turned these people with brain damage such as disorder post-traumatic stress, depression, addictions to alcohol and drugs and in […]
My Utopia An ideal society is the one where all the people are working towards a common objective that revolves around survival and continuation of the society. It also involves ensuring that there is smooth flow of activities especially the basic requirements for survival of the human being. The secondary requirement to ensure comfort of […]
Karl Marx once said, Democracy is the road to socialism. Today, many countries are run by democratic social orders, which means the power and decision making comes from its citizens. Socialism takes this to the extreme to make sure that there is equality and fairness in all communities. A socialist utopia should be located near […]
