What is distributive justice?

There are three forms of justice as provided in the text, these are; legal, commutative, and distributive. Distributive justice governs the equal distribution of benefits and burdens to the people by the city-state. These benefits and burdens include but not limited to taxes, income assistance, health benefits, social security benefits and etc. (Bryars & Stanberry, 2019)

For debates related to distributive justice, in the Philippines, the common concerns that the participants and the people raise based on my own knowledge and observation are as follows:

The agriculture sector of the country is given less importance and budgeting as compared to investing in infrastructures – farmers are getting lesser attention in terms of budgeting; thus, injustice arises.

When distributing subsidies like calamity funds or even the state subsidies for the least fortunate population were not equally distributed, there are poor families who does not get the subsidy especially those that are less educated and living far from the city where transportation is a little bit challenging.

“In particular, it cannot be denied that the present Muslim rebellion and the communist threat are connected to economic inequities. In short, distributive justice, unlike economic growth, is crucial to the security of the state.” (Mangahas, 2015)

Reference:

Byars, S. M., & Stanberry, K. (2019). Business ethics. OpenStax College and Rice University. Retrieved from: https://openstax.org/details/books/business-ethics

Mangahas, M. (2015). 4 - Distributive Justice in the Philippines: Ideology, Policy and Surveillance. Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/reflections-on-development-in-southeast-asia/distributive-justice-in-the-philippines-ideology-policy-and-surveillance/020E6123499DECA83DFE19AFF8CD9469