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The phrase ‘Social Justice’ implies fairness and obligations within society: that we all have equal chances to succeed in life, and that we should all be responsible for one another. In some societies where the chance to live life how some wish to live are not distributed equally is known as redistribution of opportunities. Struggles against social inequality have led welfare states to redistribute recourses to communities so that all is fair and equal, such as the Health service and schools whatever the income or wealth. Although this is all part of redistribution, the main focus through this is taxation for all. This is also demonstrated not only amongst our own communities but throughout the world where people give a fraction of their wage to charities that supply to those in less fortunate countries. The most influential thinker on distributive justice has been John Rawls (1971): Rawls argued that “policies designed to redistribute recourses were highly desirable for the attainment of a fairer society” (Rawls, 1971:15). Contrasting from Social justice, Social injustice is related to unfairness or injustice of a society in its divisions of rewards and burdens and other incidental inequalities. Social injustice comes around when the distribution of advantages and disadvantages in society aren't equal. This is criticized by Young that redistribution usually takes place amongst citizens; however it took many generations for women to win equal rights and gain access to recourses that men had been subject to for many years. Young argues that whilst this was being demonstrated in society, other forms of justice were not being addressed. This is why Rawls theory in particular was criticized by feminist scholars for example, Iris Marian Young who argues that :
“While distributive issues are crucial to a satisfactory concept of justice, it is a mistake to reduce social justice to distribution. … The distributive paradigm … tends to focus thinking about the social...