Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Justice As Fairness, Distributive Justice, Wilt Chamberlain
23 Jan 2020
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The original position (op) (situation in which we are behind veil of ignorance), with it"s veil of. We don"t know anything about us except that we are a human and that we are in this position. In op, we want to produce models of equality of concern want to create a situation in which there is equality and fairness in dealing with these issues. What principles of distributive justice would be chosen there: basic liberties, fair equality of opportunity, the difference principle. Next lecture: explain why people need to be impartial, explain these. By not knowing anything about yourself, you are able to take away the bias that may affect your judgement. Can"t benefit self at the expense of others. Can"t exploit another group or pick rules that benefit one specific group of people (ie. , by not knowing that you are a white person in voi, you would make rules that benefit people of colour as well)
