Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Justice As Fairness, Minimax, Wilt Chamberlain
19 Nov 2015
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They have the capacity for a conception of the good. They need primary goods (general all-purpose means) Primary goods include liberties, opportunities, income and wealth, and the social bases of self-respect. Remember: you are self-interested but ignorant about your own identity, so you are forced to be impartial. Rawls recommends a maximin" decision rule (maximize the minimum) Difference principle: economic inequalities must maximally benefit the worst off. Veil of ignorance makes it irrational to discriminate against anyone. Maximize your share of primary goods, so . Problem: maximization with a floor; seems more desirable than the difference principle. Rawls: principles we would agree to if we did not know the results of the natural and social lotteries. Nozick: respecting self-ownership rights and private property rights, thereby limiting state interference. Three ways to legitimately come to own things initial acquisition. Reject patterned principles like need, ability, desert. All steps from d1 to d2 are voluntary.
