a critical evaluation on the concept of justice in planning process

CHAPTER 5
CONCLUSION
5.1. General Conceptual Evaluation
Justice when defined generally as living together with differentiations among
production relations, cultural styles and moral values-it is rather difficult to consider this
kind of definition as a whole-come out as an idea / unapplicated project in the reality of
today. In parallel with this it is almost impossible to form an universal frame
independent from time and space which defines justice in every way. This kind of
definition assumpts to consider the existence of humankind in and together with the
nature universally within the context of homogeneity and within only one culture and
history and it is difficult to talk about the reality and currency of this assumption.
Against all these, it is necessary to find a common field in the relations of
human with nature and human with human in a common universe and according to its
existence form. In this sense, minimum standards reached by a consensus, justice
principles, and attempts in making definitions of equality, freedom, interest, and right
about the formal organisation principles which will provide these standards in
connection with this, cannot be denied. With the acceptance of these definitions and of
the existence of these frames, the fact that these definitions are hypothetically formed
and evaluated by the production of human world should not be disregarded. Consensus
formed on hypothetical concepts change according to cultural, economic and social
relations in a certain time and space. The transformation processes of concepts and
practices of human rights and definitions and practices of state show that this process is
not synchronous and homogenous and also evaluated within time.
On the other hand, Rawls and Nozick who search for the practicable principles
of justice, develop two different critics for basis acceptances of liberal state, today.
While Rawls propose a revision in increasing the equalities in distribution relations of
modern liberal state, Nozick emphasizes on the priority of freedoms and consequently
the properties and bases of neo-liberal state with a neo-liberal perspective. First of these
two different viewpoints that are directed toward the consideration of justice by modern
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