For this module of our class, our texts and discussions have covered a wide array of subjects from the socially constructed notion of gender to racial justice.

For this module of our class, our texts and discussions have covered a wide array of subjects from the socially constructed notion of gender to racial justice. Each of our texts takes a relatively unique position on the idea of “justice,” generally rooted in each author’s individual, subjective experience.

Your task as a writer is to explore the mechanism by which the idea of justice is constructed. Is “justice” a relative term, or is there a specific, objective way to define it? Using our readings1 from the “Justice” module as evidence, respond to the following prompt.

Zoom explanation:

Please watch my Zoom explanation of the Essay #2 prompt. This recording is 10 minutes long:

Prompt:

What does “justice” mean? Do people really have fundamentally different views of justice? Is our definition of “justice” itself a purely human/social construct?

Additional requirements:

4 page minimum length (does not include works cited page)

12 pt. Times New Roman font

MLA style throughout, including a complete and correct works cited page

Heavy analysis (minimal summary)

Must cite both the King and Woolf texts as primary sources for this assignment.

Avoid simplistic “five paragraph” essays

Footnotes:

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1 Martin Luther King, Jr’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and our selection from Virginia Woolf’s A Room of One’s Own, “Shakespeare’s Sister.”