Define social justice. Describe how the definition of social justice can advance an agenda for social and economic justice

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What will be an ideal response?

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Social justice, as articulated in the Council of Social Work Educational Policy Standards, includes economic and social justice. Social justice is broadly understood to include equality and fairness in access to and distribution of resources (distributive justice) and access to opportunity. An assessment of social justice includes an examination of the nexus between the problems that people have, the conditions in which they live, and the extent to which social policies remedy or have an adverse impact on individuals, groups, and communities. Using social justice as a framework to assess social problems and conditions contributes to an understanding of the debilitating effects of inequality and oppression that influence people's ability to reach their potential. Social justice further illuminates how problems are defined, as well as issues of human and civil rights, and raises questions of whether people at the lower stratification level have equal access to resources and to opportunities that promote well-being, dignity, and worth or whether stigma and marginal status determine who they are and what they can become. Social justice also leads to an inquiry about public policy and societal responses to social problems and conditions, especially the power endowed in social welfare organizations as agents of change.