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Is social justice justice?
Philosophy

Is social justice justice?

written by Danilo Heyer

Last May, in a videoconference speech on the theme of financing development in poor countries, our current President Simonetta Sommaruga defended her vision of a global society: less unequal, more sustainable and better able to meet the challenges of societal change, including the current pandemic and climate change. But if this banal speech struck me, it's because she also wanted tomorrow's world to be... fairer! By this, the Socialist Federal Councillor didn't really mean justice, but social justice. So what is this notion that we come across so often? Does it have anything to do with traditional justice?

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