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24.04J Justice (MIT)

This course explores the ideal of social justice. What makes a society just? We will approach this question by studying three opposing theories of justice—utilitarianism, libertarianism, and egalitarian liberalism—each foundational to contemporary political thought and discourse.
Keywords:
ghetto poor, global poor, immigration, fairness, egalitarian liberalism, Jeremy Bentham, Social Justice, moral desert, Robert Nozick, entitlement, G.A. Cohen, ocwc, oec, Ethics, Political Science, utilitarianism, libertarianism, liberty, principles, John Stuart Mill, social justice, Milton Friedman, equality, welfare contractualism
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Material Type:
Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:
August 6, 2014
Date Modified in MERLOT:
May 25, 2021
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The Open Education Consortium
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College General Ed
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English
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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