SOCIAL JUSTICE (II)

Juridical equality means to apply the same treatment to people in the same cases and conditions. It is both unnecessary and impracticable to look for or to desire social and especially economic equality, since it does not conform to the concept of justice. The point under consideration is not how to divide and distribute the existing stock according to the number of heads, but how to provide the conditions for working and earning for everyone equally and to ensure that everybody shall get the equivalent of his labour and shall receive his due.

Social justice secures the most appropriate distribution of the national income and eliminates exploitation and violation. It prevents the accumulation of capital in the hands of only a certain and very small group. It gives every one the right to lead a life according to his own standards. It establishes a society with no hostility among its classes and communities. Individuals of such a society feel secure concerning their present and future.