Activa JavaScript para disfrutar de los vídeos de la Mediateca.
CEV 2ESO - 18 The importance of justice - Contenido educativo
Ajuste de pantallaEl ajuste de pantalla se aprecia al ver el vídeo en pantalla completa. Elige la presentación que más te guste:
The importance of justice
Aristotle thought that the objective of politics was to help us in order to achieve the common
00:00:00
good of everybody, the collective happiness of a society.
00:00:08
But this is only possible if there is justice in society.
00:00:13
So justice is an essential value for politics.
00:00:17
Have you ever stopped to think what justice means?
00:00:21
We talk about justice frequently, for example when we say this is unfair, this is unjust.
00:00:27
What do we mean when we say that?
00:00:33
Aristotle thought about this and he discovered that justice can have different meanings.
00:00:36
For example, justice can mean legality.
00:00:41
We say sometimes that things are just when they are done according to the law.
00:00:45
But most generally, Aristotle thought, when we talk about justice, we refer to two different
00:00:51
meanings which are the commutative justice and the distributive justice.
00:00:58
What is commutative justice?
00:01:04
Commutative justice refers to dealings.
00:01:06
For example, when we trade, when we sell or buy something.
00:01:10
If I sell something to you, what is it just to receive?
00:01:15
It is just that you give me something that has the same value as the thing I have given to you.
00:01:20
So in dealings, commutative justice applies and it refers to an equality in what we give
00:01:26
and what we get.
00:01:35
But this is not all.
00:01:38
There is also another meaning of justice.
00:01:39
Justice can also be interpreted as distributive justice, which is applied when we distribute
00:01:43
things.
00:01:49
Think about distributing the marks.
00:01:51
The teacher has made an exam and he is giving the class their marks.
00:01:55
Would it be just if the teacher gave everybody 5 points over 10 regardless of their merit
00:02:01
of what they did?
00:02:09
Of course not.
00:02:11
Here what is just is that the teacher gives each person what they deserve and some people
00:02:12
deserve more because they have more merit, their results are better.
00:02:18
Or think about citizens who pay their taxes.
00:02:23
Would it be fair that everybody paid the same amount of money regardless of their wealth?
00:02:27
Of course not.
00:02:33
It is just that people who are rich pay more money than people who are poor.
00:02:35
So when we talk about these kinds of distributions, when we distribute benefits or charges, good
00:02:41
or bad things, we are talking about distributive justice.
00:02:48
Distributive justice refers to give and receive according to your merit or your needs.
00:02:52
Thinking about all these different meanings of justice, justice as legality, or commutative
00:03:01
justice, or distributive justice, how would you define what justice is?
00:03:07
It is not an easy task.
00:03:13
Aristotle thought that, generally speaking, justice could be defined as giving everyone
00:03:15
what they deserve.
00:03:22
But this depends on the situation.
00:03:24
Sometimes giving you what you deserve is marked by the law, sometimes it has to do with dealings
00:03:27
and the important thing here is to be fair in equality, and sometimes it has to be with
00:03:32
distributions.
00:03:38
- Idioma/s:
- Autor/es:
- César Prestel
- Subido por:
- César Pedro P.
- Licencia:
- Reconocimiento - No comercial - Compartir igual
- Visualizaciones:
- 8
- Fecha:
- 21 de julio de 2023 - 12:30
- Visibilidad:
- Público
- Centro:
- IES CERVANTES
- Duración:
- 03′ 41″
- Relación de aspecto:
- 1.78:1
- Resolución:
- 1280x720 píxeles
- Tamaño:
- 34.42 MBytes