The 7th Special Lecture (2022. 9. 14.)
- 유교문화연구소
- Hit238
- 2023-10-05
Topic: What kind of justice do we need in the age of fairness?
Speaker: Kwan-Hu Lee (Institute of Social Science of Sogang University)
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 10:30 a.m. ~ 12:00 p.m.
Venue : 600th Anniversary Hall, 6th floor, Seminar Room 1 (on-site presentation and on-line Zoom video meeting)
CCECC hosted Dr. Kwan-Hoo Lee (Institute of Social Sciences, Sogang University) to discuss the topic of "What kind of justice do we need in the age of fairness?" to consider what should be the standard of fairness that is becoming a hot topic in our society today.
Regarding the discourse of justice or fairness in Korea, Dr. Lee diagnosed the current situation as a clash of incompatible and self-fulfilling perspectives on what constitutes equality, fairness, and justice. He emphasized that modern equality (formal equality, equality of opportunity) is no longer valid in the current era of unlimited competition, and therefore, in order to move forward to the establishment of postmodern justice, there is a need for a minimum consensus and joint recognition of the extent to which modern equality of opportunity produces unjust outcomes and the extent and manner in which it should be corrected.