An Appraisal on the Concept of Justice in John Rawls
Student: Chinaecherem Chinedu Dialoke (Project, 2025)
Department of Philosophy
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State
Abstract
Justice as proposed by John Rawls deals with the fair distribution of rights, liberties and opportunities. This distribution should be arranged to benefit the least advantaged members of the society. Looking at our society today, there is unfair distribution of rights, liberties and opportunities. There is also the practice of inequality, injustice, partiality and favoritism where those who clearly merited a position for instance, a political office, are pushed aside just to favor an anointed candidate. In Africa today, injustice, partiality, favoritism and unfair distribution of rights seem to be prevalent. John Rawls theory of Justice will help us understand the need for Justice in our society and apply it in our political sphere for a fair and just society. The qualitative research method of critical analysis and exposition is applied in this study. Materials are sourced from journals, books, academic articles and from the internet.
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- HASSAN USMAN KATSINA POLYTECHNIC (NCE), KATSINA, KATSINA STATE 4
- Hassan Usman Katsina Polytechnic, Katsina, Katsina State 5
- Heritage Polytechnic, Ikot Udota, Akwa Ibom State 46
- Hussaini Adamu Federal Polytechnic, Kazaure, Jigawa State 8
- Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State 24
- Igbinedion University, Okada, Benin City, Edo State 2
- Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, Rivers State 8
- Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, Owerri, Imo State 3
- Imo State University, Owerri, Imo State 45
- Institute of Management and Technology, Enugu, Enugu State 11