SJSU ?Individual Justice Argument Demands that We Treat Equals Equally Discussion
I don’t know how to handle this Philosophy question and need guidance.
For your INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE ARGUMENT
- You are to write a Justice argument in full sentences and paragraphs, that applies JUSTICE to one of the cases offered, and fully follows the JUSTICE theory outline. There will be no feedback for this individual assignment.
- You must first read the 7 links to JUSTICE cases.
- Next go to discussion topic INDIVIDUAL JUSTICE ARGUMENT, Announce to your team which case you are doing. If someone else has already picked the case you wanted to do, then choose another. Nobody on your team can do the same case. If you do, you will have to redo with a different case.
- Use the JUSTICE ARGUMENT OUTLINE as precisely as possible, the argument should be around one page.
- Upload your written argument under assignments. Or copy/paste it into “assignments”. The argument must be in full sentences and paragraphs: no numbering, no bullets and no one or two sentence paragraphs.
- This assignment should be the ARGUMENT section and only the ARGUMENT. You should not write INTRO or CASE DETAILS or a summary. I know the case details. This is an exercise to practice writing JUSTICE arguments.
OUTLINE FOR JUSTICE ARGUMENT.
RULE OF THUMB for step 4: When applying Justice, if possible, state differences, do not state equalities. There are logical problems with equalities (universal instantiation problem): when you say “all should” this could mean none should, better to stress differences if you can.
1. Define JUSTICE: Justice demands that we treat equals equally and unequals unequally. (just copy/paste the definition)
2. Give a general statement of the unfairness (or fairness) of the case. Best language to use:
X is being treated the same as Y
or
X is being treated differently from Y
3. Give some idea of who is doing the distribution of judgment in the case. (Be careful, a party being compared in the case cannot be the one doing the comparing.)
4. State whether equals should be treated equally or whether unequals should be treated unequally. Best language to use:
X should be treated the same as Y
or
X should be treated differently from Y
5. Give your criteria (can be more than one) for why equals should be treated equally or why unequals should be treated unequally.
6. Explain how your criteria fit.
7. COUNTERARGUMENT: Give an argument for the other side that people would likely or have proposed.
8. Explain why your comparison fits better, and why it is ethically better.
