Citation

Coates RD. Am. Behav. Sci. 2007; 51(4): 579-591.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0002764207307743

PMID

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Abstract

Social justice, predicated on the expansion of human rights, is by definition a critical and intellectual enterprise. Social critique, made possible by social justice paradigms, provides the basis for social action and social change and leads ultimately to the enhancement of social democracies. Such critical intellectual enterprises require that people constantly reevaluate not only their social institutions but also the terms they use to describe their very existence. Such reevaluation is best accomplished within the crucible of the academy.