Wednesday, August 03, 2011

Disingenuous Meme

I keep hearing "social justice" bantered about in various places and decided to think about exactly what it entails. From what I can tell, it encompasses six of the seven deadly sins:

Envy: Coveting the possessions of others
Sloth: Getting a multitude of freebies
Greed: Wanting more and more
Gluttony: Consuming and spending without limits
Wrath: Advocating or commiting violence against others
Pride: Believing you know best for everyone

Lust is not one the can be attributed to social justice unless you count the decay of shame and simple decency stemming from increased "tolerance", but that can be a discussion all by itself.

Decent people don't want to do these things to others and for the most part consider them bad (I wouldn't go so far to say evil, but you could make the case). Many, if not most people, haven't sat down to think about what "social justice" really means and it's not really a good concept for people to buy into at all.

10/1/2013 Update:  After reading this entry again and pondering the "last" deadly sin I came up with an appropriate description of the attribute.

Lust: Obsessing about things to the detriment of others.

Lust takes on a broader definition to include the obsession over anything and not merely sex.