Social Justice Issues in the Social Imagination...

    

    According to Dr. Ashish Joshi, the number one biggest problem with social justice solutions is the gross lack of evidence for social justice issues. Un-researched social justice solutions are destined to fail. Again, when it comes to social justice issues being solved... if there is a gross lack evidence, they will not be solved... ~ Dr. Ashish Joshi is an Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs of the City University of New York Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy and founder of an Applied Research based organization.

~ I Agree 

~ Commentary

Solutions cannot be found and certainly not agreed on if there is a lack of evidence for a social 'justice' issue. Social justice issues are basically social pitfalls that arise or pop up now and then when society at large becomes more or less of a drain on a significant number of individuals in a given society. 

So, if there is a drain, it has to be statistically proven to exist within a given society and determined whether or not anyone is actually suffering or just unhappy. This requires in-depth research over a period of time. Now, interestingly, by the time the pitfall or 'issue' is proven or dismissed, another pitfall can pop up or the one that was being investigated  disappears as it might 'fix' or upright itself.

 

    Here is another take on social justice issues and possible solutions. According to Robin Hamilton, social justice as a thing in itself needs to be an all-encompassing idea that unifies us in the achievement of common goals. These goals include equality, freedom from discrimination, fair access to opportunities (social, educational, political, economic, etc.), participation, and the same rights and liberties regardless of race, origin, and socioeconomic status. The main idea behind social justice is the belief that all human beings have innate value, and that no one is more or less valuable in the eyes of society, and the law.

~ I Disagree

~ My Commentary

What is wrong with the above statement about social justice without considering the so-called given solutions or concepts suggested that are supposed to make social justice issues go away as in never appear again? To begin, let's take a closer look at the underlined rhetoric in the paragraph: all encompassing idea for starters. 

What does that mean? Exactly. Who knows what an all encompassing idea is? There are lots of ideas out there today and so who gets to pick the 'all encompassing one'? Especially... the one that this author says will unify us. And, who is 'us'. Does this person mean all of humanity as the 'us'. I am not entirely convinced that all humans are on the same page in terms of their 'humanity'. 

The same rights and liberties regardless of race... not sure all people of on earth, being of different races, will agree that anyone outside of their own race knows anything about the rights and liberties in the context of their racial makeup and how to make that 'idea' of sameness possible for them and everyone else... let alone totally equal considering that race is real or worse if its really an illusion conjured up by elites and by the way... every society has their own elites.  

This person has a belief... which is that all human beings have an innate value. In the meaning that no one is more or less valuable in the eyes of society, and the law. What is an innate value? Some say that innate value is what it always is irrespective of its external interactions. And, if we are talking about the sun... I agree. But what exactly is the innate value of all human beings? Yes, all human beings. Mmm

Well, I guess we could point to the film 'the Matrix'. In that film, human beings have been harnessed or imprisoned (unknowingly) in order to generate energy that can be used to power the world of the machines. Aside of that, not sure what the innate value of all human beings is that we could all appreciate. Of course, if you ask me as a Christian I will tell you that its only based on the fact that we were all created in the image of God. 

The last underlined statement by this person RH is the most troubling; especially, for those who now live or will be living in a communist society. Why? Because, the State, is over and above all people, all human beings and the State decides your worth... not you, not your loving parents, or your pride-filled grandparents, or your best friends. Your value is determined by the State for its practical purpose... the reason you should be allowed to exist in the State is determined by the State.  

Sure, you think like RH most probably that some really nice benevolent dictator or president or even AI will be all loving and inclusive and know what everyone's strengths are and how they will fit in perfectly. WRONG!

This is a fallen world having a fallen social imagination and man can't make it better...

 

 

 

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 *online info link ~ https://www.aroundrobin.com/social-justice-issues/