MONISM OF JUSTICE AND DUALISM OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IN SOCIAL POLICY

The term of social justice is used in social policy as the first and main principle without sufficient clarification of the term justice. This study brings a view of understanding of the term justice in theology, philosophy, law and economy and it evaluates them from the perspective of (1) understating of justice as an opposite to injustice, i.e. dualistic understanding or from the perspective of (2) understanding of justice that is defined without such an opposite, i.e. monistic understanding. According to this, it recommends applying more precise partial principles of merit, solidarity, participation, etc. instead of the dualistic and wide understanding of the principle of social justice in social policy and to apply the principle of justice in the monistic approach as a last and ultimate principle in designing systems of social policy.