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Social justice is "justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society". Classically, " justice " (especially corrective justice or distributive justice ) ensured that individuals both fulfilled their societal roles and received what was their due from society. Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation. The relevant institutions can include education , health care , social security , labour rights , as well as a broader system of public services , progressive taxation and regulation of markets , to ensure fair distribution of wealth , equal opportunity , equality of outcome , and no gross social injustice .

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Social justice is "justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society".[1] Classically, "justice" (especially corrective justice or distributive justice) ensured that individuals both fulfilled their societal roles[2] and received what was their due from society. Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation.[3] The relevant institutions can include education, health care, social security, labour rights, as well as a broader system of public services, progressive taxation and regulation of markets, to ensure fair distribution of wealth, equal opportunity, equality of outcome, and no gross social injustice.

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Social justice is "justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society". Classically, "justice" (especially corrective justice or distributive justice) ensured that individuals both fulfilled their societal roles and received what was their due from society. Social justice assigns rights and duties in the institutions of society, which enables people to receive the basic benefits and burdens of cooperation. The relevant institutions can include education, health care, social security, labour rights, as well as a broader system of public services, progressive taxation and regulation of markets, to ensure fair distribution of wealth, equal opportunity, equality of outcome, and no gross social injustice.