C/P/86. "Gordon Brown has declared social justice to be the corner stone of his domestic policy". Discuss

The paper examines the concept of social justice discussing the statement of Gordon Brown in the context of Rawls theory and the concerns raised by Isaiah Berlin in his essay "Two Concepts of Liberty". Libertarian and egalitarian critiques of Rawls are reviewed arguing that his theory is the basis of New Labour's (NL) attempts to attain social justice. It is discussed whether the failures of NL political ideology could be attributed to the underlying theory or a lack of appropriate planning and funding.