The document discusses different theories of justice proposed by philosophers like Aristotle, Plato, and Rawls. It also examines the sense of injustice and how people can perceive situations as unjust, even if they cannot articulate the philosophical theories behind it, as evidenced by Oliver Wendell Holmes' quote about a dog knowing the difference between being kicked and stumbled over. The document raises questions about whether societies' or individuals' sense of injustice has changed over time, using the example of the unethical "casting couch" practices in Hollywood.
The document discusses different theories of justice proposed by philosophers like Aristotle, Plato, and Rawls. It also examines the sense of injustice and how people can perceive situations as unjust, even if they cannot articulate the philosophical theories behind it, as evidenced by Oliver Wendell Holmes' quote about a dog knowing the difference between being kicked and stumbled over. The document raises questions about whether societies' or individuals' sense of injustice has changed over time, using the example of the unethical "casting couch" practices in Hollywood.
The document discusses different theories of justice proposed by philosophers like Aristotle, Plato, and Rawls. It also examines the sense of injustice and how people can perceive situations as unjust, even if they cannot articulate the philosophical theories behind it, as evidenced by Oliver Wendell Holmes' quote about a dog knowing the difference between being kicked and stumbled over. The document raises questions about whether societies' or individuals' sense of injustice has changed over time, using the example of the unethical "casting couch" practices in Hollywood.
JUSTICE? Aristotle, Plato, Mill, Rousseau, Locke, Marx, Rawls, Scanlon, Raz and many more
Different theories of justice, different forms of justice, . . .
The absence of justice; wrong, immoral or unjust decisions Is one society more just than another? Does justice increase over time? . . . THE SENSE OF INJUSTICE
• Much less writing on this topic. O. W. Holmes, Edmund
Cahn, Judith Shklar, Barrington Moore. Even a dog knows the difference between:
Being kicked and
Being stumbled over.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
DOES THE SENSE OF INJUSTICE CHANGE? THINK OF THE MOVIE PRODUCER’S CASTING COUCH