Social Justice... Does it really mean the lazy never have to work again?

[English assassin]

the meaning of social justice seems to have changed in the UK. In the fifties, the left were for "equality" and the right for "justice" (amongst a lot of other things in each case).

Now I notice, just as spending has become "investment" equality seems to have become "social justice". Yet if you look t what is being touted as social justice it is fairly clearly an equality agenda.

IMHO social justice means equal opportunities. That does mean quite a lot of public (or it may be charitable) spending, since to have equal opportunities you do need to make sure everyone can get a good education, has good health, that no one is denied a job because of their race or disability and so on. I vote for that, yes please.

ocial justice does not nmean equal outcomes. it is no part of justice that you are sheilded from the consequences of your own freely chosen actions. In fact that strikes me as the opposite of justice. I really can't understand why the left thinks taking money (which I work for and which no one has to pay me) from me and giving it to someone else is a good thing (unless the someone else is, say, a teacher doing a good job at the right wage in which case I am all in favour of it, see above.)

So, sorry Don, but I am violently agreeing with you.