Philosopher's Perspective on Justice
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“A just world order is perhaps best seen as a society of peoples, each people maintaining a well-ordered and decent political (domestic) regime, not necessarily democratic but fully respecting basic human rights.”
David Miller’s Idea of Social Justice
Social justice deals with the good (advantages) and the bad (disadvantages) within society, and how they are to be distributed in the society.
Whether something is just or unjust depends on advantages and disadvantages being distributed correctly. Social justice is a virtue that pertains to what you are owed, and what you owe others. It requires everyone to treat each other as equals.
“Justice fundamentally requires us to treat people as equals; or we should understand justice as what people would agree to in advance of knowing their own stake in the decision to be reached.”
My ethical analysis would be comparable to John Rawls' idea of Social Justice. John Rawls believes that justice is securing the protection of equal access to liberties, opportunites, and rights. The NSA's surveillance of the American people violates three of our amendments, giving the people a disadvantage to liberties. I believe that the surveillance is unjust, and warrants change.