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Social Justice

A socially just society is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, understands and values human rights, and recognizes the dignity of every human being.[1][2] Social justice is based on the concepts of human rights and equality and involves a greater degree of economic egalitarianism through progressive taxation, income redistribution, or even property redistribution. These policies aim to achieve what developmental economists refer to as more equality of opportunity than may currently exist in some societies, and to manufacture equality of outcome in cases where incidental inequalities appear in a procedurally just system. The Constitution of the International Labour Organization affirms that "universal and lasting peace can be established only if it is based upon social justice."[3] Furthermore, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action treats social justice as a purpose of the human rights education.[4]

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At first I wanted to do an issue that had to do with the environment, but I felt that Social Justice had more to do with real people that with just the environment. After looking around more I found that the struggle for peace is a Social Justice issue that I feel strongly about. The cause I have chosen is world peace. I want to make my piece in black and white because I think that it is gives more of a stark statement from the complete contrast. The image I would like to paint is a white dove, which represents peace and I might put an olive branch in its mouth. I just want a black background to focus on the beauty of the white peace dove. I may also play with adding some wording into the piece, maybe by just writing peace below the bird to make sure my message is clear, but I don’t what too much going on to distract from it. I think the simplicity will be a good way to get attention and get my stance on my issue out there quickly.



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I really want to illustrate the beauty that can be found in peace because I feel that without war the world would be a much better place. I know that that is not a very realistic goal for the near future, but at least to try to work that way would help everyone. There would be less money spent on weapons and more money to help feed the parts of the world where more people need help. Many people believe that peace is impossible and that inevitably, humanity will fall back into old patterns of war. The position of the dove represents the breaking free of past ways and learning from mistakes. The free bird demonstrates how we, as a people, can be free of the confining ideas of war. Peace will not be achieved quickly though, for it takes each person to first find peace within themselves, before the rest of society will follow. We each can takes steps towards eliminating war, and that begins in our own thoughts and actions. Some people may feel powerless, but I believe we all play an important part in the workings of the world, and if one person begins to change, a domino effect will follow.

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