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This 3 page paper discusses the pros and cons of including social justice as a goal of sustainable development. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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to continue to develop" (Definitions). This paper considers whether or not social justice should be considered a goal of sustainable development, along with environmental protection and economic growth. Discussion Perhaps
the first question that comes to mind is whether or not we can continue to develop at current rates and leave anything behind; common sense would suggest that the answer
is no. Development in the Western world is proceeding at a breakneck pace, and despite evidence of global warming and environmental degradation, it seems unlikely to slow. At least people
are now becoming aware of the consequences of their actions; final judgment must wait for the future. As to the role of social justice within sustainable development, it is integrated
into the process because such development "is about integrating the environment, society and the economy" and society "exists within the wider context of the environment" (Definitions). The economy itself exists
within society, but society "is much more than just the economy" and includes such concepts as friends and family, happiness and a sense of well-being (Definitions). These concepts are key
to the quality of life, and have little or nothing to do with trade or exchanging money for goods and services (Definitions). Instead, they come from a sense that things
are fair, and just-and that in turn suggests that when things are unjust in society, the entire interlocking mechanism of sustainable development breaks down. Nowhere is this failure more obvious
that in the developing world. In Africa, "millions of people ... are threatened with starvation as this continent tries to come to terms with its worst famine in a decade.
Sadly sustainable development has passed them by" (Battaini-Dragoni, 2002). According to Battaini-Dragoni, "more than 2.5 billion people around the world are living on less than US$2 per day, some two
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