social justice

social justice
   an imprecise dogma based on a wish to improve the situation of the poor rather than on the rule of law
   Some see it as being based on envy:
    The robbery of the rich is called social justice. (Michael Roberts, 1951)
   For others, like those who set the courses at Haverford College in Pennsylvania, the phrase may refer to what is seen to be morally right:
    ... students must complete a 'Social Justice Requirement' in order to graduate. This means taking courses in Feminist Political Theory. {Daily Telegraph, 23 February 1991)
   Goebbels saw social justice in January 1945 as one of the Nazi war aims. (A. Clark, 1995)
   And so, as Alice discovered in Wonderland, the phrase tends to mean what you want it to mean.

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