CORE1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Theism, Rocky Ii
Philosophy
Tutorial Six – Political Philosophy
Presentation One: The main idea about Rawl’s theory of Justice
Theory of Justice
- What is your perfection of Justice?
o Fairness
o Equity
Consider yourself rich
- Consider the freedom to earn what you do and keep it
Consider yourself poor
- You would want justice in the pay
Retribution
- Punishments that governments give for wrong-doings
One view – People should be equal and have as much equality as possible
Rawl’s argues that not everything should be shared, but wealthy individuals should help the less wealthy in
society
Presentation Two: Rawl’s two principles of justice
Philosophy
- Political branch of philosophy
- Important moral philosophy
What is Justice?
- Justice deals with retribution, not just distribution
Questions?
- Who is allowed to drive, drink?
- Who has access to Medicare?
Principals
- Principal of equal opportunity
o Concerned with the idea of all people having the same right – as many political rights and
freedoms as possible, and everyone having the same rights as one another
- The difference principal
o How wealth and income and distributed justly
o How society’s economy is governed
o Billy’s sixth birthday, he is cutting his cake, and he wants everyone to get the same amount of
cake. Betty is diabetic. Should betty get the same size of cake?
Rawl’s principal
- People should be based on their abilities, not race or sex
Presentation Three: Justice as Merit
Perspective
- Opposite to Justice as equality
Why?
- To make decisions in parliament
- Is justice getting what you deserve or is it getting the same as everyone else?
Plato
- First established in ancient Greece
- Who did what and who deserves what
Employment and leadership roles
- Determined by justice as merit
- Job promotions – people who work hard and deserve it
Films
- Pursuit of happiness
- Karate kit
- Rocky II
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Document Summary
Presentation one: the main idea about rawl"s theory of justice. What is your perfection of justice: fairness, equity. Consider the freedom to earn what you do and keep it. You would want justice in the pay. One view people should be equal and have as much equality as possible. Rawl"s argues that not everything should be shared, but wealthy individuals should help the less wealthy in society. Principal of equal opportunity: concerned with the idea of all people having the same right as many political rights and freedoms as possible, and everyone having the same rights as one another. The difference principal: how wealth and income and distributed justly, how society"s economy is governed, billy"s sixth birthday, he is cutting his cake, and he wants everyone to get the same amount of cake. People should be based on their abilities, not race or sex. Who did what and who deserves what. Job promotions people who work hard and deserve it.
