Distributive justice

-The concept of distributive justice is concerned more with how decisions are made about who receives what than
with the actual distribution of goods. This idea is important in modern society since it is typically assumed that all
goods would be shared among its people in some manner.

 Advantage
o It tries to provide for people's basic requirements while also rewarding productivity.
 Disadvantage
o The major issue to distributive justice is that since all people are born with certain fundamental
rights, there is no need to further equalize the distribution of resources.

John Rawls (principles of justice)

-According to Rawls, human beings cannot come to a fair and unbiased agreement (contract) as true equals who
are not influenced by their position in society unless they are protected by a "veil of ignorance." They would be
forced to make social justice decisions for their society solely using human reason.

-The greatest equal liberty principle, which states that individual liberty should be maximized to the extent that it
is consistent with everyone enjoying the same liberties, and a principle that provides for inequalities to be set up
to benefit the underprivileged and allow equality of opportunity, are Rawls' two guiding principles of justice in A
Theory of Justice.

Egalitarianism

-Egalitarianism is a political philosophical school of thinking. An egalitarian believes that people should receive the
same benefits, receive the same treatment, or be treated equally in some way. This final option is expanded upon
by a different viewpoint: People ought to be treated equally, ought to relate equally, ought to treat one another
equally, or ought to have some type of social status equality. The underlying assumption of egalitarian ideologies is
that all human beings are equivalent in terms of their intrinsic value or moral standing.

Laissez-faire

-Laissez-faire refers to a policy of minimal government meddling in the financial issues of people and society. The
Physiocrat economists, who were influential in France from roughly 1756 to 1778, are typically linked to the
laissez-faire philosophy. Laissez-faire translates to "allow to do" in French.

State socialism

-In the socialist movement, state socialism is a political and economic philosophy that supports the government
controlling the means of production, either permanently or just during the period of transition from the capitalist
to the socialist or communist modes of production.

Democratic socialism

-A form of socialism known as democratic socialism organizes the government through democracy. In a nutshell, it
holds that people who will be most impacted by social and economic decisions should make them. Democratic
socialism is the result of the two philosophies of socialism and democracy coming together.