Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Distributive Justice, Justice As Fairness, Equal Opportunity
1 Jan 2016
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Last relevant lecture and tutorial up to animal experimentation for midterm 1: markets a) oversupply goods with positive externalities b) Undersupply goods with negative externalities c) both a and b d) Reason: undersupply good with positive externalities and oversupply goods with negative externalities. 21:10 2) communism definition: each according to their ability, each according to their needs. Choosing principles of justice (distribution of benefits and burdens of social cooperation) Distributive justice is first virtue of social institutions as truth is the first theory of thought. Applicable to: basic structure of society (main social, political, economical institutions) Original position-contractual state of choosing principles of justice, (hypothetical social contract) are behind a veil of ignorance (unknown of features and bias of choice) Models: impartiality: justice as fairness (just principles are derived from decision making situation that is fair, which will generate acceptable principles of justice) They are moderately self-interested (subjective circumstance of justice)
