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social organism
social organism In this historical usage, a social organism is society understood as an organized whole whose different parts or members have distinct functions and are meant to work in harmony rather than interfere with one another.
In this historical usage, a social organism is society understood as an organized whole whose different parts or members have distinct functions and are meant to work in harmony rather than interfere with one another. The phrase appears in explaining justice as depending on the proper assignment of function within that social whole.