Ethnic perception of social justice and its relevance to John Rawls' theory of justice (Case study: Sunni Kurds of Iran)

Document Type : Research Article

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1 Iran, Isfahan, Azadi Square, University of Isfahan, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Department of Social Sciences.

2 professor with department of sociology, the University of Isfahan, Iran

10.22084/csr.2024.29218.2285

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In this study, we investigated Iranian Sunni Kurds' perception of social justice and its relevance to John Rawls' theory of justice using a qualitative research approach and the thematic analysis method. The research participants are sixteen Sunni Kurds of Iran. For the data collection, the semi-structured interview was used. The data are analyzed using a thematic network approach. The research findings show that the participants' perception of social justice has been formulated around four organizing themes, including the definition of justice (justice as equal access to resources and opportunities and justice as entitlement), the perception of justice (theatrical justice), and the expected just society (pluralistic society) and one global theme (justice as pluralism). The research results show the implicit relationship between the participants' definition and perception of social justice and Rawls' theory of justice as fairness. In other words, their definition of justice at the general level follows the principle of "equal opportunity" in Rawls' theory, and their expected just pluralistic society also conforms to a large extent to the well-ordered society, the reasonable pluralism of the democratic society, and Rawls' idea of overlapping consensus.

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Two Quarterly Journal of Contemporary Sociological Research

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 12 September 2024

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