PHIL 1550 Lecture 12: Displacing the Distributive Paradigm (Iris Marion Young)
19 Apr 2016
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Displacing the distributive paradigm (iris marion young) and burdens among society"s members (535). Philosophical theories of justice tend to define justice as the morally proper distribution of benefits. Primarily, justice means the fair allocation of goods. However, many people at least political activists define justice in much broader terms. It is a mistake to reduce social justice to distribution. Distributive theories tend to: ignore social structure and institutional context. They often presume institutional structures (see list on 538): they consider power, opportunity or self-respect as goods rather than relations between people, in other words they reify social relations as things that people possess. Public discussions focus on inequalities of wealth. However, there are other concerns of social justice. Social justice movements aim to change, for more just purposes: decision making power and procedures (536), considerations about cultural imagery and symbols (how groups are represented in mainstream culture). (537, a right to meaningful work (537). just.
