Exploring Justice
A movement works to ensure people are treated equally regardless of race, gender, religion, or identity. Activists campaign for things like racial equality, women’s rights, and LGBTQ+ protections.
What is Social Justice?
A person returns a lost notebook they found on the sidewalk, even though no one saw them pick it up.
What is moral?
A story hints several times that an innocent character will be punished later in the plot, building tension before the trial even happens.
What is foreshadowing?
A system where wealth, power, or opportunities are not shared fairly among people.
What is inequality?
A hiring manager assumes a candidate will not be a good leader because of their age before even reviewing their qualifications.
What is bias?
A government debates how resources like education funding, wealth, and environmental protections should be shared so that everyone receives a fair portion.
What is Distributive Justice?
A person does not want to donate money to a charity because they do not have enough to do so.
What is legal?
A character spends the entire story fighting for justice, only to be falsely convicted at the end.
What is irony?
A strong belief or opinion about someone that is formed without knowing the full facts.
What is prejudice?
A student is accused of plagiarism and immediately receives a failing grade without being allowed to explain their side or present evidence.
What is lack of due process?
In a court system, every defendant must go through the same legal actions, with unbiased rules, fair hearings, and consistent structure.
What is Procedural Justice?
A business follows all environmental regulations but still releases pollution that harms a nearby community.
What is legal but not moral?
In a novel about a corrupt trial, the narrator writes: “Justice was blind in the courtroom that day and walked out with the freedom of guilt.”
What is personification?
The punishment a court gives to someone found guilty.
What is a sentence?
A new city law about noise complaints is technically written for everyone, but it is only enforced in one neighborhood while other neighborhoods break the rule without consequence.
What is unequal enforcement of the law?
After a devastating earthquake in another country, organizations send emergency food, clean water, shelter, and medical care to people who lost their homes.
What is Humanitarian Justice?
A person breaks into a locked cabin in the woods during a blizzard to avoid freezing to death.
What is moral but not legal?
Throughout a story about a corrupt justice system, a cracked statue of Lady Justice appears in multiple scenes, reminding readers of the system’s broken fairness.
What is symbolism?
This is announced at the end of a trial and tells whether the accused is found responsible for the crime.
What is a verdict?
A government official uses their authority to punish critics in exchange for money, even though those critics have not broken any laws.
What is abuse of power/corruption?
Employees complain that their company makes decisions without transparency, gives promotions unfairly, and treats workers disrespectfully.
What is Organizational Justice?
A juror believes the defendant is innocent but votes guilty anyway because they feel pressured by the rest of the jury.
What is neither?
A story about animals creating laws for their farm slowly turns into a continuous critique of corrupt political power and injustice in human societies.
What is an allegory?
Certain people receive more economic support than others to equal their playing field.
What is equity?
An investigation into police misconduct is handled entirely by the same department being accused.
What is conflict of interest?