PHI 2397 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Averroes, Industrial Revolution, Ludwig Wittgenstein
31 Oct 2016
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Superman, wonderwoman, batman, bumper man, monkey justice and peace. family guy parody too. everything seems to be about superheroes lately. Justice- formal element. everyone deserves their due. substantive element (what due and to whom?) Compensatory justice: extent to which people are fairly compensated. Distributive justice: goods of the society distributed equally (equal access to health care to make things fair) Aristotle 4th century bc= student of plato. Back then, there was no equality between people. hierarchy. Theory: people are equal in their differences. Meritocracy: what you get is what you earn. Everything has a function, and things (humans) are valued by the function. Kant= people are equal regardless of differences. John rawls (20th century americans)= theory of justice. Take a group of rational human beings. in order to create a just system, you have to have it from a most just position possible. You get to create a world, but do not get to choose your place in it.
