A Theory of Justice and Social Mechanics
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19370686 |
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| Authors | Laurynas Didžiulis (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 Special |
| Publication date | 2024-06-11 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Filosofija. Sociologija (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0235-7186 • E-ISSN: 2424-4546 |
| Publisher | Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • LT) |
| DOI | 10.6001/fil-soc.2024.35.2priedas.special-issue.7 |
| OpenAlex | W4399566892 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
In this article, I argue that Aristotle, a universal philosopher who analysed both natural and social worlds, suggested a groundwork for a theory of justice, which is a fertile soil for a broader social perspective. Such categories as the social order, free will, law, policy choices, and the state are naturally flowing from his brief passage on justice in his Nichomachean Ethics. I assert that all of them are phenomena of turbulent social mechanics. Therefore, in this paper I introduce Aristotle’s contribution to the mainstream theory of justice and then, loosely relying on the works of Aristotle and Newton, I develop a theory of justice in the context of social mechanics. I conclude that the concept of justice is essentially the same as Newton’s third law of mechanics. For this purpose, I employ interdisciplinary and functional approaches, textual and conceptual analysis,and the method of deduction
Economic Justice · Epistemology · Political science · Politics · Social justice · Social order · Social science · Sociology · History · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Pragmatism in Philosophy and Education · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
| Highly cited | No |
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