Procedural justice requires every governed person to have an effective voice in decisions
Evidence
In dealing with issues of justice beyond the distributive, Young (1990: 23) insists on addressing justice in the ‘rules and procedures according to which decisions are made’. … The idea of justice here shifts … to procedural issues of participation in deliberation and decision making. For a norm to be just, everyone who follows it must in principle have an effective voice in its consideration and be able to agree to it without coercion. For a social condition to be just, it must enable all to meet their needs and exercise their freedom; thus justice requires that all be able to express their needs. (p. 34) The central focus for Young, in addressing justice both as distribution and the recognition of difference, is on decision-making structures, and she argues for ‘democratic decision-making procedures as an element and condition of social justice’ (p. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 113
Categorization
- DEFINE: Defines the procedural conception of justice: effective voice, non-coercive agreement, and the ability to express needs.
- XREF: Directly relevant to Eco-Justice pedagogy and Legal Systems courses as an operational definition of procedural justice. — connects to: Procedural participation functions as the hinge joining recognition to distribution — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 109; Institutionalized disrespect blocks participation as fully as unequal resource distribution does — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 119; True democracy requires that every citizen can potentially govern (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- True democracy requires that every citizen can potentially govern
#expands(0.82) - Democracy requires that every citizen can govern, not merely reach a better job
#expands(0.80) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 366 - Justice requires participation parity alongside distribution and recognition.
#expands(0.80) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 66 - Justice comprises interlinked distribution, recognition, participation, and capability
#expands(0.78) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 53 - Procedural norms substitute for substantive control when outcomes are hard to specify.
#corroborates(0.72) — Shapiro, Susan P., The Social Control of Impersonal Trust, 62 - Justice theory must extend capabilities to groups, not just individuals
#complicates(0.71) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 160