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California State University, Dominguez Hills
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Created: July 29, 2000; November 2, 2000
Latest update: December 25, 2005
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  1. What is distributive justice, and in which fields of inquiry does it come up?

    Answer should include explanations from essay that isn't up yet. Will also include information from Crossnational Variations in Distributive Justice Perceptions Project July 29, 2000.

  2. Distinguish restorative justice.

    Include Dennis Cooley's definition in response. Link not functioning on November 2, 2001.

    Include also Definition of restorative justice
    from Jusitce Fellowship. Link added August 2, 2000.

    "Restorative Justice is not a new concept. It represents a biblical view of crime by recognizing that crime hurts everyday people . Today when a crime is committed, the government views that crime as a breach of the state's law. Today's non-restorative approach does not recognize that crimes often hurt real people in addition to breaking the law. Restorative justice seeks to switch that focus to recognize the needs of victims, communities and criminal offenders as the parties impacted by crime. Restorative Justice is a process promoting the repair of harm caused by crime and the active involvement of victims and communities in justice processes, not simply a program or group of programs.

    "Restorative Justice equates toughness on crime with holding offenders accountable for making their victims whole again or “making things right,” to the degree possible. Specifically, restorative justice sees the need to provide victims with a sense of fairness and access to a justice system that has few formal obligations to make things right for them. It does this through processes such as direct restitution, victim-offender mediation and policies that promote victims' rights." (p. 3 of 34 of pdf document)

    Working Definition United Nations Working Party on Restorative Justice, by Paul McCold. (p.29 of 34 of pdf document).

  3. Distinguish transformative justice.

    Include McDonald and Moore's definition in response. Link not functioning on November 2, 2001.

  4. Where do you think Paul Beatty's White Boy Shuffle fits into the theoretical framework of social justice?

    This is where issues of equality and fairness enter the definition of justice. Racism would seem to me to take a position closer to Nozick on the legitimacy of a system that acknowledges no need for equal distribution. Look particularly at the section: Comparison with Rawls's Theory.

  5. Where do you think Sachar's Holes fits into the theoretical framework of social justice?

    The injustice in Holes is not racially based. Here we see a more class-based barrier to fair distribution of access and earned rewards. The theoretical question here is the one between Rawls and Nozick. Does justice mean a limit to excessive accumulation if others are deprived?

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