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Institution The Five Faces of Oppression
Marion Young
Marion Young was a philosopher whose work spread across a number of topics. Her work remarkably spreads over five topics, which are feminist phenomenology, global justice, ethics and social justice, democratic theory and security. Her works bring out her full dedication as a philosopher. I will look into a selected few from her 18 essays(Young, 2003).
In her works on power, justice and state theory, Young critically employs the use of an evaluative method that mirrors and wrestles with the normative concepts. In this topic, she draws her evidence on real historical cases. Here, she tries to fight structural injustices. When she pointed out a number of cases of injustice when approaching the “Five Faces of Oppression”,she brought …show more content…
She has a fervent conviction that the society should embrace economics as a device for nurturing impartiality, social justice and fairness. At Mary Grove College, she wore a number of hats for her efforts in campaigning for economic and social justices(Culhane, 2003). Sister Amata claims that when she sees her former students and the participants in her workshops grow into representatives of social justice, she feels quite relieved. She feels like she has made a lifetime fullfilment. She proves her word when she says that the society should embrace economics as a device for promoting social and economic justice by helping out financially(Culhane, 2003). We see this when she played a major part when she helped in the Finance Committe in the Mary Grove Trrustee group during a time when they were facing difficulties in their finances. She helped them to socially invest and make sure that the shareholders’ declarations were safely filed. She also encouraged the congregation to contribute through having fund-raisings so as to save for the