In his book The Quest for Cosmic Justice, economist Thomas Sowell exchanges the term “social justice” for “cosmic justice” because of the unreachable, intangible results social justice advocates fight for. Sowell describes cosmic justice this way: Cosmic justice . . . is about putting particular segments of society in the position that they would have been in but for some undeserved misfortune. This conception of fairness requires that third parties must wield the power to control outcomes, over-riding rules [or] standards.
