![]() ![]() If “social justice” is conceived broadly (i.e., not simply as remedial or corrective), then “social action” is the name that Bahá’ís use to articulate a proactive model for achieving social justice. Seen in this light, engaging in social action could be expected to reduce the need to redress social injustices. ![]() Social action, as they speak of it, anticipates social issues and addresses them prospectively social justice aims at remediating injustices that have already occurred. The distinctively pragmatic Bahá’í approach is to promote social justice through coordinated initiatives of “social action.” Bahá’ís generally prefer to speak of “social action” rather than “social justice” because they view the former as proactive and the latter as reactive. In the Bahá’í hierarchy of moral values, social justice ranks as a central and guiding principle. ![]() Indeed, the Bahá’í Faith claims to be a religion “endowed with a system of law, precept, and institutions capable of bringing into existence a global commonwealth ordered by principles of social justice” (Bahá’í World Centre, 1993: 107). ABSTRACT The Bahá’í religion had established ethical and social principles for the ennobling of individuals and the ordering of societies well before “social justice” emerged as a dominant value in modern democracies. Malden, MA / Oxford, UK Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. Christopher Buck, “Chapter 13: Baha’i Faith.” The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Religion and Social Justice. ![]()
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