In this unit, students learn the goals of corrective justice. They also learn a new set of intellectual tools that are useful in evaluating, taking, and defending positions on issues of corrective justice. When students have completed the unit, they should be able to define corrective justice and explain its goals. They also should be able to use the intellectual tools to evaluate issues of corrective justice and make thoughtful decisions about how to respond to wrongs and injuries. Lesson Overview Students are introduced to the first three of the five steps of the intellectual tools useful in dealing with issues of corrective justice.
Students learn key terms and apply the three steps to situations described in the text.
Teaching Procedures A. Introducing the Lesson Remind the class of the usefulness of using intellectual tools in evaluating, taking, and defending positions on different issues of justice. Remind students that the basic goal of corrective justice is to set things right in a fair way when a wrong or injury has happened. Discuss why students think deciding what is fair might be simple in some situations and more complicated in others. Ask students to cite examples from their reading. Remind the class that intellectual tools can be helpful in deciding what to do in such situations.