Social Justice Research Paper

Two Social Justice Theories and Their Application on a Modern Problem
Introduction
In today’s world, there are still many widespread societal issues mankind has so far been unable to resolve. At the present time, world hunger has been and still is one of the most important social concerns many people are combating in their daily lives, affecting a tremendous amount of the global population, who are suffering the consequences of not having enough food. The purpose of this paper is to discuss, explain, and apply both the “A Theory of Justice” by Philosopher John Rawls, and Philosopher Jeremy Bentham’s “Modern Utilitarianism” (a theory of which he is considered one of the founding fathers due to his significant contributions), to a modern issue
According to Rawls, his principles of justice would be at the foundation of an ideal society. He goes on to explain this through a hypothetical situation he calls the “original position”. A person, who finds themselves in this “original position”, can be compared to being a newborn child who just came into the world without knowing anything about themselves, not their abilities, personality, nationality, nor social status. Any person in this “original position” is considered to be acting behind what Rawls’ calls a “veil of ignorance” (Scott, 2003). As they won’t know what their circumstances will be in this society, every person would choose fair principles that will benefit everyone equally. Rawls’ principles of justice consist of two principles, where the first principle states that a person has equal rights to as much liberties as is compatible with the rights of every other person (Scott, 2003). The second principle concerns the fair equality of opportunity, which allows anyone regardless of their background and social status the opportunity and equal right to hold positions in offices that are available to anyone, and the difference principle makes sure that social or economic inequality that occurs between people benefits every single person (Scott,
Our global society is made up of many different cultures, communities, and individuals, who all have their own collective and personal thoughts and opinions. Long term solutions may look good on paper now, but unfortunately unlike an ideal society, our real world society is not as pliable and in agreement, which could result in much more difficulties when it comes to making accurate projections of the true effectiveness of a potential long-term solution in real-life application. Fortunately, mankind is continuing to make improvements when it comes to economic and social developments, which hopefully will not only help educating others, and raise more awareness for critical social issues such as global hunger, but will also facilitate the impoverished out of their current dire living conditions and into a better