Singular universal justice definitions exclude real justice claims
Evidence
It is the insistence on singularity and universalism in a theory and practice of justice that would produce exclusion and the disappearance of multiple articulations, issues, and movements. Pluralism is both empirically real in the expression of justice claims, and pragmatically necessary to avoid the mistakes of exclusion so common to universalism and paternalism. — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 564
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Justice criteria vary with how social goods are valued, not by universal principle — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 570; Baxter argues singular justice theories avoid arbitrariness and inconsistency — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice:…, 562; Inclusive universal claims arise from within the particular (+8 more)
Broader Connections
- Inclusive universal claims arise from within the particular
#qualifies(0.85) - Movement definitions of justice often extend past distributive accounts
#corroborates(0.85) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 10 - Universals function as normative ideals, not logical class concepts
#corroborates(0.80) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 790 - Formal legal equality cannot deliver justice without social equality
#exemplifies(0.80) — Rolf Wiggershaus, The Frankfurt School, 958 - The Rule of Law values predictability and uniformity over individual justice
#exemplifies(0.80) — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 61 - Philosophic universals designate unrealized potentialities rather than existing states
#corroborates(0.80) — Herbert Marcuse, One-Dimensional Man, 753 - Distributive-only justice theory fails to address recognition and capability concerns
#corroborates(0.75) — David Schlosberg, Defining Environmental Justice, 415 - European continent substituted formal legal equality for real equality of condition
#exemplifies(0.75) - Case outcomes depend on demographics that a blind justice ideal says must not matter
#exemplifies(0.70) — Joseph Avery, Jim Sidanius, Joel Cooper, Gregory Davis, Amanda N., Bias in the Law, 751