Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Risk Aversion, Justice As Fairness, Wilt Chamberlain
7 Dec 2015
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They know they have a capacity for a conception of the good. They need primary goods (general all purpose means) No one knows what they want when they are behind the veil. Primary goods include liberties, opportunities, income, wealth, and the social bases of self respect. Remember you are self interested but ignorant about your own. Rawls recommends a maxim" decision identity, so you are forced to be impartial. What principles a pop would choose according to rawls vote, freedom of religion, political freedoms) Principle of greatest equal liberties (freedom of speech, right to. Principle of fair equality of opportunity (career should be open to everyone, and training should be provided to people regardless of their wealth) benefit the worst off (equal distribution of money) Lexical priority rules (principles need to addressed in order, no trade offs) Veil of ignorance makes it irrational to discriminate against. Finality and risk aversion (people avoiding the worst outcome)
