Growth and Justice
Can Economic Growth and Justice Grow Hand in hand?
| Introduction |
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| What is justice: | 1. In ancient Indian society Justice was associated with dharma and maintaining dharma or a just social order, was considered to be a primary duty of kings.
2. In China, Confucius argued that kings should maintain justice by punishing wrong doers and rewarding the virtuous. 3. In Ancient Greece – Justice involves giving each person his due. (Plato) 4. Justice implies doing good to our friends and harm to our enemies, or pursuing our own interests. 5. Justice also means the well-being of all people. Just as a doctor is concerned with the well-being of his/her patients, similarly the just ruler or the just government must be concerned with the well-being of the people. |
| Principles of justice:
1. Justice as dignity 2. Justice as equal treatment for equals 3. Principle of proportionate justice 4. Justice as recognition of special needs |
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| Principle 1:
Justice as dignity: |
1. It gives opportunity to develop ones own talent
2. It helps them to pursue their goals. |
| Principle 2:
Equal Treatment for Equals
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As human beings, people deserve equal rights and equal treatment.
Example: 1. Civil Rights of – a. Life b. Liberty c. Property 2. Political rights like the right to vote 3. Social rights like right to equality. Components of the principle of treating equals equally: 1. Absence of discrimination. 2. Judging people on the basis of their work and actions not their community 3. Equal pay for equal work |
| Principle 3:
Proportionate Justice
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Equal treatment may create feeling of injustice.
Example: Expecting all students in a class to get equal marks is not fair. So it is asserted that – Justice in such cases means – 1. Everybody starts from the same base line of equal rights 2. Rewarding people in proportion to the scale and quality of their effort. è So, for justice in society, the principle of equal treatment needs to be balanced with the principle of proportionality. |
| Principle 4:
Recognition of Special Needs
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Example: a. Persons with disabilities b. Socially and educationally backward c. Economically weaker sections d. Senior citizens
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| So, Social justice require
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1. People be treated equally in terms of the laws and policies of the society
2. Basic equality of life conditions and opportunities. Example: 1. Abolition of untouchability 2. Abolition of bonded labour 3. Abolition of child labour 4. Protecting the rights of the minorities. 5. Land reforms. 6. Important resources like education, health, shelter, etc., should be made available to all persons. |
| Who should do this? | 1. Government
2. Society 3. Market (Corporate sector | Private sector) 4. NGOs 5. Family 6. Individual |
| Individual efforts | Social justice undertaken by the individuals is treated as heroism and godliness.
Therefore people worship– a. Robinhood b. Kondapalli Sita Ramaiah c. Tiger Nageshwar Rao |
| This is not good for the society | 1. Robin hood morality is not legal.
2. It is a failure of – a. Rule of law b. Criminal justice system c. It creates a parallel government. |
| Social justice can not exist:
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Social justice in a society does not exist in the society if there are differences between –
1. Rich and poor 2. Powerful and powerless 3. Included and Excluded |
| The nature of just society
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1. Provide people with the basic minimum conditions
2. Enabling the people to live healthy 3. Security of life 4. Develop their talents 5. Equal opportunities to pursue their chosen goals in society. 6. Social security |
| Basic needs to be provided
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1. Nutritious food
2. Health 3. Housing 4. Clean drinking water 5. Education 6. Minimum wages |
| Basic facilities by the state: | 1. To ensure social justice the state should step in to see that basic facilities are made available to all the members of a society.
2. In a democratic society disagreements about issues of distribution and justice are inevitable and even healthy because they force us to examine different points of view and rationally defend our own views. 3. Politics is about the negotiation of such disagreements through debate. 4. In our own country many kinds of social and economic inequalities exist and much remains to be done if they are to be reduced. |
| Requirements of Social justice |
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| if justice is not ensured, result will be conflicts: |
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| Elements of development | |
| Improving the capital | 1. Material goods
2. Natural resources 3. Human capital 4. Social capital |
| People oriented | 1. Gender sensitive
2. Human rights protective 3. Self Reliant 4. Demand driven 5. Think local – act global |
| GYAN pe Dhyan |
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| Development should eliminate |
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| Conclusion | To ensure growth with justice, the development should be people centric. |
Case studies
| Shiv Nadar, HCL Group | • Top philanthropist in India
• Edel Give Hurun India Philanthropy List 2023 • Donated INR 2,042 crore for the fiscal year 2022-23. |
| Kolla Chinnalamma 75
Participative Development |
1. Built Check dam with people’s participation
2. supported by Government 3. The dam can support 100 acres of land 4. Kimudupalli village, Paderu |
| Mayur Kandhar: Development is sharing: | 1. Mayur operates Food Truck
2. He provides free food in Ahmedabad 3. Menu includes Roti, sweets, curries and ice cream 4. Feeds 400 people every day. |
| Prabhas Surya,
Development with dignity |
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| Parminder Singh in Gurdaspur:
Development should be sustainable |
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