The Principles of Distributive Justice in the Social Security System (Excerpt)

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There are three basic principles upon which modern social security systems are built upon: the principle of merit, the principle of equality and the principle of need. The Slovak social security system is separated into three main subsystems, each of which is for the most part based on one of these three principles.

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    Conclusion

    We have briefly outlined three principles of distributive justice which are applied in social security instruments. Slovakia is a rather more employment performance based social state, meaning that most finances in the social security system are redistributed according to the principle of merit, mainly social insurance, where the benefits are usually calculated as a percentage of the previous income.

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