The Meanings of Social Justice and The Ones Who walked Away from Omelas

 The Meanings of Social Justice and The Ones Who Walked Away from Omelas

1. Social justice is justice exercised within a society, particularly as it is exercised by and among the various social classes of that society. 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][3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_justice

2. Social Justice, also known as economic justice, is a term describing the redistribution of wealth for the common good of all. However, this comes at the expense of wage earners and liberty by demanding a society to conform. Those who work and have must give to those who don't work and don't have.
http://conservapedia.com/Social_justice

3. Generally, social justice has two key components:
Social – “living together in communities or organized groups”
Justice – “the upholding of what is just, especially fair treatment and due reward in accordance with honor, standards, or law” (American Heritage Dictionary). Combining these two concepts, an apt, working definition might be, “Social justice exists when people get what they are due from their particular group or community.” Conversely, a social injustice occurs when people do not get what they deserve. 
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1. When searching these three definitions of Social Justices, I saw a pattern of equality in all three of the definitions. Even though the wikipedia definition is more on a social level, while the conservapedia is more on a economic level, both stress the fact that equality is key to have social justice between all levels of social/economic groups. According to all three definitions, the goal of social justice is to keep everyone equal and not to have one person have more privilege than the other.

2. After searching these definitions of social justice and reading the story about the people of Omelas, I noticed that the level of equality is not apparent in the story when they are talking about the young child being beaten in the dark room. Social justice is about every person having the same/equal rights as any other citizen, but in the story the young child experiences social injustice while everyone else gets to have a "joyous" life in the city.