PP110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Negative And Positive Rights, Representative Democracy
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Liberalism john rawls: what rawls version of liberalism is, the original position rawls" version of the state of nature, two principles of justice. John rawls: 1921-2002, a theory of justice published in 1971. What is liberalism: contrasted with conservatism , key difference between conservatism and liberalism is the way in which each understands the notion of equality. Liberalism (all types) have a focus on liberty, freedom: the only government that could be justified was one with little intervention. Each person possesses an inviolability found on justice that even the welfare of society as a while cannot override. For this reason, justice denies that the loss of freedom for some is made right by a greater good shared by others. It does not allow that the sacrifices imposed on a few are outweighed by the larger sum of advantages enjoyed by the many.
