Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Decision Rule, Risk Aversion, Wilt Chamberlain
6 Nov 2018
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Lecture 13: the distribution of property: rawls and his critics (thursday, october 25, What is the hypothetical social contract: initial hypothetical choice situation, the original position (op) with its veil of ignorance, models equality of concern, impartiality: justice as fairness , fairness is equity not equality. Finality when you decide thats your position; you cant go back and forth. Why choose the greatest equal liberties: veil of ignorance makes it irrational to discriminate against anyone, maximize your share of primary goods, so , the more basic freedoms, the better; better o you are. In a nutshell, what is rawls" arguing: morally arbitrary di erence social and natural should bene t the socially and naturally unlucky, injustice is inequality that doesn"t bene t everyone, legitimate inequalities bene t the worst-o group. What is nozick"s entitlement theory: distribution need not t a pattern, patterns: need, ability, desert, nozick"s theory is historically driven and unpatterned.
