Philosophy 2079F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Welfare Rights, Egalitarianism, Distributive Justice
6 Apr 2016
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Political philosophy and the public funding of sports. Background questions: taxation and consent, state neutrality, public benefit. Healthcare, social spending, roads and infrastructure, schools, universities, police . Society, being composed of a plurality of persons, each with his own aims, interests and conceptions of the good, is best arranged when it is governed by principles that do not themselves presuppose any particular conception of the good . Sandel from liberalism and the limits of justice. Give up on rights and become a utilitarian. Give up on neutrality and become a communitarian or a perfectionist . Reflections on public funding for professional sports facilities, by dale murray. Stadiums, arenas and other supplemental facilities, professional sports franchises, particularly in the united states and canada. Murray"s perspective: a liberal egalitarian perspective of distributive justice. The liberal egalitarian approach is best exemplified in the work of john rawls, though others are included.
