human rights and social justice

Who gets what? Says who?

Politcal philosophy questioning the distribution of material goods, rights, liberties and political power

Established by american philosopher john rawls in his book a theory of justice

Human rights

Set of rights youre entitled to bcs ur human

Gender

Elizabeth barnes says it doesnt seem theres any one theory to explain everything

• gender as biological sex yet intersex people exist and much of society’s interpretations of sex isnt explained by biological differences

• gender as a social construct externalism is when other people characterise your sex according to their views and interpretation and internalism is when ones gender is primarily determined by ones internal sense of self

John rawls veil of ignorance

Original position demands equality when your detached from ones own personal stake

Christian attitudes to women

• roman catholic church forbids women to be preists because jesus only appointed men as his apostles and teaches men and women are fundamentally different

• Wives submit to your husbands (st paul)

• love thy neighbour can be interpreted as equal treatment for all also you are all one in jesus christ (galatians)

• Jesus actually challenged social norms and treated wimen with respect, mary magdalene was a prominent and devoted supporter if jesus often grouped with the disciples

Charles mills on race

Critiques social contract and says global white supremacy is a political system that has created social ideas of race that have real effects eg. Apartheid in south africa

Equality act

2010 equality act legally protects individuals from descrimination based on age, gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation, marital status

Who should be saved in christianity?

• the great comission was said before jesus ascended to heaven. It instructs to go make disciples of all nations and is often the justification of missonary work and Christianity as an evangelical religion

• Exclusivsm is the view that only christianity offers fukl means to salvation (grace and good works)

• Inclusivism is just acting like a christian

• Pluralism is that everyone can access the real (ultimate reality) through different ways

• Proselytisation Is the act of trying to convert religious people to another religion