Title: What Does Social Justice Mean? | Human Rights Careers
Headings: What Does Social Justice Mean?
What Does Social Justice Mean?
The principles of social justice
Human rights
Access
Participation
Equity
Examples of social justice issues
Racial equality
Gender equality
LGBTQ+ rights
What social justice means

Content: What Does Social Justice Mean? | Human Rights Careers
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What Does Social Justice Mean? Justice is the concept of fairness. Social justice is fairness as it manifests in society. That includes fairness in healthcare, employment, housing, and more. Discrimination and social justice are not compatible. While “social justice” as a term sees widespread use these days, it’s not new. It appears in The Federalist Papers and was most likely first used in the 1780s. As the Industrial Revolution wound down, American legal scholars applied the term to economics. Now, social justice applies to all aspects of society, including race and gender, and it is closely tied to human rights.