Social justice

Social Justice is a concept that has fascinated philosophers ever since Plato rebuked the young Sophist, Thrasymachus, for asserting that justice was whatever the strongest decided it would be. In The Republic, Plato formalised the argument that an ideal state would rest on four virtues: wisdom, courage, moderation, and justice.

Sources

Rawls, John. A Theory of Justice, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.

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Rawls, John. Political Liberalism, The John Dewey Essays in Philosophy, 4. New York: Columbia University Press, 1993.

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Quigley, Carroll. The Evolution Of Civilizations: an introduction to historical, Macmillin Company, New York, First edition published 1961; Liberty Fund, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, second edition published 1979

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