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Worksheet: Social Justice

2020/03/23
Answer the following questions and submit your responses via email by Friday, March 27, 2020 @ 11:59 pm

1. Distinguish between social justice and social injustice.-4


2. a. Distinguish between natural rights and legal rights.-4
b. what are TWO functions of natural rights?-2

3. List TEN rights of a citizen of Jamaica-10


4. What is bill of rights and why was it imposed?-5
5. Why are human rights an important part of social justice?-4

6. Welfare and mutual advantages seek to address social inequality and therefore achieve
social justice.
a. What is social welfare?-2
b. What are FIVE welfare benefits offered in your territory?-5
c. Who generally benefit from these programmes?-2
d. What impact does welfare have on the development of Caribbean countries?-5
e. Briefly explain the theory of Mutual advantage- include how this impacts on
development. -5

7. Discrimination is a breach of social justice. Discrimination takes place along the line--
age, race and ethnicity, class and gender.
a. Identify THREE groups of people who are sometimes discriminated against in
Caribbean societies-3
b. What is gender discrimination?-2
c. What is ageism and how is it often times viewed especially in the workplace. -4
d. How can discrimination (of all kinds) affect development in the Caribbean? -4

8. What is the likely response of individuals in the following situations?


a. Supersession in the civil service
(Supersession is where workers with lesser experience are given positions ahead of those with greater
experience)
b. Less pay for women doing the same job as men
c. Wage level below the minimum wage in a supermarket.-6

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