PHIL 2280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Iris Marion Young, Nancy Fraser, Thrasymachus
8 Nov 2016
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Nancy fraser fits into tradition, like iris marion young, called critical theory which engages in global problems by adopting a critical stance. Rawls: the question of justice" is a question about the basic structure: about the background conditions for a society. Liberal theory assumes that society is made up of people capable of making choices. Plato: thrasymachus" challenge: once you are socialized within a society, its values become your values. It becomes difficult to see the injustice in your own society: conditioning or socialization can make injustice difficult to judge. Social values may cloud judgment: recall rawls, however: values are necessary part of becoming a full person". Justice vs. injustice: fraser: we can see justice better through its negation more ways to find evidence of injustice than justice, contrast: plato and the allegory of the cave. Truth difference between the shadows and the real.
