Visions of social justice from the theory of justification
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Domestic world, market world, civic world, Welfare State, compromiseAbstract
The purpose of this paper is to reconstruct the possible definitions of social justice from the domestic, market, and civic worlds, from Boltanski's and Thévenot's theory of justification. Additionally, this article will analyze the definitions of social justice inherent in both welfare and post-welfare societies. The domestic world proposes a compromise with the industrial world, while the market world denounces social justice as oppressive to individual freedom. In the civic world, the general welfare of society is taken into account. In the Welfare State, social justice is linked to the norm, while in the post-welfare society, several definitions are in dispute.
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