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The term social justice is likely a contemporary equivalent of a Rorschach test, where one sees and defines it according to the constellation of experiences and people and meaning-making that constitute the totality of one’s life. Therefore, if many people are asked to define social justice there will be many different definitions.
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Rueda, R. (2012). Cultivating Compassion. In: Rattling Chains. Transgressions, vol 89. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-107-8_8
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