PHIL 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Distributive Justice, Social Contract, On Liberty
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Right way to do it, could depend on the situation. Health care is limited resource and must be rationed. This is even true when there is universal health care. How could we determine when people recience treatment (can be from seriousness, first come first serve, age-priority, Liberty should only be restricted to prevent harm to others. But this does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) the so(cid:272)ial goods (cid:373)ust (cid:271)e dist(cid:396)i(cid:271)uted e(cid:395)ually. Social contract helps to understand how to distribute social goods. A hypothical afreement concerning how social goods be distubted. If it is hypothical, what good is it -> lays out principles we should agree to. The contract people make tends to be a. A war of all against all in ehich life is nasty bruthish ans short. Original position determine what social contract will look like. But if the oop is hypothical, how do we select amd justify.
