[PHIL 1010] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 29 pages long Study Guide!

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: PHIL 1010
• Professor: Karyn Freedman

Document Summary

Fundamental topics: who gets what? (resources, edu. Theories of justice (best way to organize state) Who had political authority and power to distribute such goods) (cid:862)e(cid:448)e(cid:396)y plausi(cid:271)le politi(cid:272)al theo(cid:396)y has the same ultimate (cid:448)alue, (cid:449)hi(cid:272)h is e(cid:395)uality(cid:863) No more deserving then the fruits of your labour. Rawls point: social inequality is unfair, but so is equality in natural talents both are cases of brute luck. Solutio(cid:374): do(cid:374)"t e(cid:396)ase the tale(cid:374)ts, (cid:271)ut set up ou(cid:396) so(cid:272)iety so that (cid:374)o o(cid:374)e gai(cid:374)s o(cid:396) losses for her arbitrary place in the distribution of talents. O(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e does(cid:374)"t deser(cid:448)e their tale(cid:374)ts (cid:894)ra(cid:272)e, ge(cid:374)der, so(cid:272)ioe(cid:272)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) up(cid:271)ri(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g(cid:895) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause they were given to them by chance. But i(cid:374)stead do(cid:374)"t let others (cid:374)atural tale(cid:374)t disad(cid:448)a(cid:374)tage those (cid:449)ho (cid:449)ere (cid:374)ot gi(cid:448)e(cid:374) those talents. Be(cid:272)ause their yours (cid:271)y a(cid:272)(cid:272)ide(cid:374)t you do(cid:374)"t o(cid:449)(cid:374) the produ(cid:272)t of the(cid:373) Test of legiti(cid:373)ate appropriatio(cid:374) is that it does (cid:374)ot (cid:449)orse(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:373)aterially(cid:895) a(cid:374)yo(cid:374)e"s o(cid:448)erall condition.