The Price of Inequality and a Just Society
When we are talking about inequality we should always distinguish between inequality before the law and inequality in wealth or the accumulation of income.
When we are talking about inequality we should always distinguish between inequality before the law and inequality in wealth or the accumulation of income.
Some view social justice as the comprehensive equality of normative rights as well as social and material goods, others doubt whether social justice can even be defined, never mind actually achieved. But what does justice mean for liberals? And when is a society or a state just in the liberal sense?