Bertrand GUILLARME - An Introduction to Contemporary Theories of Social Justice

Pouvoirs n°94 - L’État-providence - septembre 2000 - p.31-47

The theoretical reflexion about social justice deals with the way society should distribute limited ressources to persons with antagonistic claims, and tries to elaborate an impartial norm that may offer a reasonable way of solving their disputes. The vitality of the contemporary debate on this issue is closely linked to an ongoing reflexion about the social conditions of democracy. While some approaches attempt to dissociate justice from any moral foundation by identifying it to rationality, others associate justice with an ideal of social solidarity. However there are also radical critiques of social justice, and some marxist take it as the basis for a necessary challenge to capitalism. Résumé

Référence électonique : Bertrand GUILLARME, "An Introduction to Contemporary Theories of Social Justice", Pouvoirs, revue française d’études constitutionnelles et politiques, n°94, 2000, p.31-47. Consulté le 17-02-2012. URL : http://www.revue-pouvoirs.fr/An-Introduction-to-Contemporary.html