In this episode I concentrate on the notion of social or distributive justice. That is the question of how the social benefits and burdens are to be distributed amongst citizens in a given society. It is one of the fundamental principles which every society must address. The question already occupied the Greeks but I will focus on some modern views. These views attribute to the State various degrees of involvement in the settlement of social justice. I will discuss Nozick's minimal account, John Rawls's account of justice as fairness, Amartya Sen's capability approach and finally egalitarian, in particular, Marxist views of social justice.

Literature:

- R. Nozick, Anarchy, State & Utopia (1974) defends a minimal involvement of the state.

-J. Rawls, A Theory of Justice (1971) introduces the idea that justice is fairness, which is based on two fundamental principles.

-A. Sen, The Idea of Justice (2009) provides some fair criticism of Rawls and introduces an alternative approach

-M. Walzer, Spheres of Justice (1983)