Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Asteroid Family, Will Kymlicka, Wilt Chamberlain

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 1020E
• Professor: Bruce Morrison

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Q. markets : oversupply goods with positive externalities, undersupply goods with negative externalities, both a and b, neither a nor b. Distributive justice is about cooperation & burdens. Basic structure of society (market economy, democratic state, tax/legal system, marriage laws) Original position (i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)atio(cid:374) (cid:449)e"(cid:396)e i(cid:374) this positio(cid:374)) and. Veil of ignorance ((cid:449)e do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ce(cid:396)tai(cid:374) thi(cid:374)gs) What pop"s know (people of original position: they are in the circumstances of justice. Have to think about principles of justice. Some disagreements will occur: they are moderately self-interested and have conflicting goals, between scarcity and abundance. Abundance of produce means there is(cid:374)(cid:859)t a(cid:374)(cid:455) justi(cid:272)e: they have a sense of justice. Co(cid:373)(cid:373)itted to (cid:396)e(cid:272)og(cid:374)ize fello(cid:449) (cid:272)itize(cid:374)s as (cid:862)e(cid:395)uals(cid:863: they have a conception of the good. Everyone can reform and revise: this is a so-(cid:272)alled (cid:862)thi(cid:374) theo(cid:396)(cid:455) of the good(cid:863): the(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:374)t primary goods. Definition things that any rational person wants (ex. liberties, incoming wealth, opportunities, etc. ) Ex. (cid:862)e(cid:448)e(cid:396)yo(cid:374)e should li(cid:448)e i(cid:374) a palace! (cid:863)