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Injustice: Injustice is a lack of fairness. It can occur when people are denied their rights, or discriminated against. It can manifest itself in poverty, crime, racism, sexism, and homophobia, in unjust laws or policies. See also Justice, Community, Society, Politics, Rights, Law._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Max Weber on Injustice - Dictionary of Arguments
Habermas III 281 Injustice/Religion/Weber/Habermas: Weber: The world religions try to "satisfy the rational interest in material and ideal balance" by explanations that increasingly meet systematic demands.(1) >Suffering, >Society, >Religion, >Religious belief, >Worldviews, >Explanation, >Justification, >Ultimate justification. III 282 Western Strategy/Weber: uses the concept of an otherworldly, personal Creator God. ("God of action") Cf. >Western rationalism, >Christianity, >Judaism, >Calvinism. Eastern Strategy/Weber: starts from the idea of an impersonal, uncreated cosmos. (Divine order).(2) Cf. >Confucianism. The believer must adopt a different attitude, once as an instrument of God, once as a vessel of the divine.(3) 1. M. Weber, Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Religionssoziologie, Vol. I Tübingen, 1963, p. 253. 2. M. Weber, Gesammelte Aufsätze zur Religionssoziologie, Vol. II Tübingen, 1966, p. 173ff 3. M. Weber, Ibid. Vol. I p. 257._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Weber I M. Weber The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - engl. trnsl. 1930 German Edition: Die protestantische Ethik und der Geist des Kapitalismus München 2013 Ha I J. Habermas Der philosophische Diskurs der Moderne Frankfurt 1988 Ha III Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. I Frankfurt/M. 1981 Ha IV Jürgen Habermas Theorie des kommunikativen Handelns Bd. II Frankfurt/M. 1981 |