Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Some final thoughts on "social justice"

There is a very nice summation of why this term is so very slippery—I'd say slippery to the point of being worse than useless—here. Go read it all if you really want to discuss the Glen Beck stuff intelligently.

Beyond that, we should note that capitalism has done infinitely more to alleviate poverty and suffering than "social justice". We might also note that ideas stemming from social justice—most notably corporatism, have been the foundation of fascist economic ideas.

It is also the case that "social justice" often conceals political interests.

Taken together, let's just throw the term away. It isn't necessary—other language can cover all we need mean by Christian charity—and keeping it around just provides cover for a lot of nonsense.

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