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Spheres of Justice: A Defense of Pluralism and Equality

01 Jan 1985-The Philosophical Review (Basil Blackwell)-Vol. 83, Iss: 1, pp 142
TL;DR: Lawler as mentioned in this paper argued that being for the freeze means that one is not for disarmament, which is hardly a rational position in the sense that it is suspect if not immoral, in the eyes of some.
Abstract: that a plurality of the American Catholic bishops endorse a nuclear freeze (p. 4), saying that they are thus "taking their stance with Moscow,55 which is for a freeze, and not with the Vatican, which "is still in favor of disarmament?not a freeze.55 To make any sense at all, Mr. Lawler must mean that being for the freeze means that one is not for disarmament? hardly a rational position. One recalls here the arguments, during the 19305s and 19405s, that being for racial justice in the United States was suspect if not immoral, in the eyes of some, because the communists also favored it.
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TL;DR: Through better awareness of gender biases and the callers’ different resources for making themselves heard, the communication between telenurse and caller might become more equal and thereby better suitable for all callers.
Abstract: Background : Telenursing is an expanding service in most Western societies. Sweden is a front-line country, with all of its 21 counties connected to Swedish Healthcare Direct (SHD) 1177. The intention of the service is twofold: to make health care more efficient, while also making it more accessible and safe for patients. Previous research has shown, however, that the service is not used equitably. Gender, age, socio-economic, and ethnicity differences have been reported as determining factors for the use of the service and the advice given. Aim : The aim of the study was to explore the communication between telenurses and callers in authentic calls to SHD 1177. Methodology : A qualitative method, using critical discourse analysis (CDA), was chosen. The approach was deductive, that is, the analysis was made in view of a predetermined framework of theory. Twenty calls were strategically chosen and included in the study. Results : The CDA resulted in five types of calls, namely a gatekeeping call, a gendered call, a call marked by impersonal traits, a call with voices of the life world, and finally a counter discourse call. The dominating patterns in the calls were of gatekeeping and biomedical character. Patterns of the societal gender order were found, in that representations of the reluctant male caller and the ideal female caller were identified, but also a call representing a counter discourse. The service seemed difficult to use for patients with low language proficiency. Conclusion : Telenursing could potentially challenge inequalities in health care. However, the discourse of telenursing is dialectically related to neoliberal ideology and the ideology of medicine. It is also situated in a gendered context of ideal femininity and hegemonic masculinity. Through better awareness of gender biases and the callers’ different resources for making themselves heard, the communication between telenurse and caller might become more equal and thereby better suitable for all callers. Key words : Authentic calls, communication, discourse analysis, gender, telenursing, Sweden (Published: 24 June 2014) Citation: Int J Qualitative Stud Health Well-being 2014, 9 : 24255 - http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/qhw.v9.24255

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  • ...Michael Walzer (1983) argues in Spheres of Justice that the possession of one type of social good, for example, money, should not automatically give access to other social goods, such as health care....

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  • ...Following Walzer (1983), one could argue that our results indicate that the discourse of telenursing mirrors how the possession of one type of social good gives access to other social goods, such as health care....

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TL;DR: This study explores public health policy-makers’ perspectives on the meaning and role of social justice in their practice from two programmatic areas of public health within public health organizations in Canada.
Abstract: Social justice is often described as the ‘foundation of public health.’ Yet, outside of the theoretical literature the polysemous nature of the concept is rarely acknowledged. To complement recent contributions to normative theory specifically motivated by questions of social justice in public health, this study explores public health policy-makers’ perspectives on the meaning and role of social justice in their practice. This study involved twenty qualitative, semi-structured interviews with public health policy-makers recruited from two programmatic areas of public health [chronic disease prevention (CDP) and public health emergency preparedness and response (PHEPR)] within public health organizations in Canada. Participants’ perspectives appeared to be influenced by the perceived goals belonging to the programmatic area of public health in which they practiced. Those involved in PHEPR indicated that justice-based considerations are viewed as a ‘constraint’ on the aims of this area of practice, which are to minimize overall morbidity and mortality, whereas those involved in CDP indicated that justice-based considerations are ‘part and parcel’ of their work, which seeks primarily to address the unique health needs of (and thus, disparities between) population groups. The aims and activities of different programmatic areas of public health may influence the way in which social justice is perceived in practice. More ought to be done (in theory and in practice) to interrogate how the unique contributions that individual programmatic areas of public health can and should cohere in order to realize the broader aim that public health has as an institution to promote social justice.

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  • ...This distinction between unidimensionality and multidimensionality is often linked to an additional distinction between the universal or particularistic (local) character of principles or theories of justice (Deutsch, 1975; Elster, 1993; Sabbagh, 2001; Walzer, 1983)....

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TL;DR: For example, the authors analyzes several related themes from Plato's Laws, such as the reason why good habits are elemental to the rule of law, the role of habituation in and for political education, and the use of play and public entertainment in the process of habituating.
Abstract: Not only does Plato’s Laws present likely the most thorough defense of the rule of law in the annals of political thought, it also contains a comprehensive teaching on how the steady rule of law works. I strive to illuminate Plato’s important explanation of the functioning of law by interpreting his thoughts on the relationship between written law, on the one hand, and unwritten law—which includes primarily habits—on the other. My essay analyzes several related themes from Plato’s Laws, such as the reason why good habits are elemental to the rule of law; the role of habituation in and for political education; and the use of play and public entertainment in the process of habituation. Finally, the essay concludes by considering how Plato’s teaching in the Laws can strengthen our understanding of how law rules.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Israel dealing with the right to family unification of Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI) was examined, focusing on three main issues that arose in the case: the scope of the protection of the right of family life, the comparative method used by some of the Justices to limit that right, and statements about the legitimacy of demographic considerations in devising immigration policies.
Abstract: This article considers a recent decision by the Supreme Court of Israel dealing with the right to family unification of Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI). By situating the decision in the broader debate on Israel’s constitutional definition as a Jewish and democratic state, the article examines patterns where the definition plays an important role in defining the nature of the citizenship held by PCI and the limits of their rights. This examination focuses on three main issues that arose in the case: the scope of the protection of the right to family life, the comparative method used by some of the Justices to limit that right, and statements about the legitimacy of demographic considerations in devising immigration policies. This analysis demonstrates how the arguments and justifications used by the Court may provide building blocks for a legal framework that is proceeding in the direction of institutionalizing separate hierarchical categories of citizenship.

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  • ...…the culture of the people of the state in order to protect their culture, or as Michael Walzer puts it, ‘we who are already members do the choosing, in accordance with our own understanding of what membership means in our community and of what sort of community we want to have’ (Walzer, 1983: 24)....

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