PHIL 2260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Legal Positivism, Microsoft Powerpoint, Deductive Reasoning
17 Dec 2018
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How do we know that rawl"s principles would be chosen in the initial situation under a veil of ignorance: maximum rational- looks at the worst case scenario that is relative to alternative principles of justice. In the initial situation, the representatives look at the worst case scenarios to a situation. Hypothetical values: capitalist, socialist, egalitarian, rawl""s theory, worst is not in his system. Retroactive legislation- things that were done in the past and then became illegal in the future and people were arrested for them. A law must be in command by one authority.
