PHILOS 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Distributive Justice, Atomism, Glossary Of French Expressions In English
25 May 2019
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Exercising authority based on role/status --> use and misuse. The distributive paradigm is a style of definition of justice. "philosophical theories of justice tend to restrict the meaning of social justice to the morally proper distribution of benefits and burdens among society"s members" Young doesn"t deny that distribution is part of the story of "justice. " She denies that distribution is the start, the end, or the totality of the question of justice. Distributions are real, and in particular: deprivation is a high-priority problem of justice. Turn the question of justice into a question of things. Focus on distributive issues of justice focuses attention on "things" at the expense of attention to social structure, power, and institutional context. Even when distribution-talk is metaphorically extended to consider power, rights, opportunity, or self-respect, the language of "distributive justice" reduces these to status and non-relational concepts. Assumes individuals can be moved within the social context without cost -- which young believes to be false.
