PHIL 2923 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Original Position
1 Jun 2016
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Handout 17: rawls (cont. : the object of justice: the basic structure. 2. 1 social justice is primarily concerned with the basic structure of society not with individuals" actions or characters. The basic structure is the way in which the major social institutions distribute fundamental rights and duties and determine the division of advantages from social cooperation. (tj 6) Two kinds of considerations: the justificatory framework i: the original position. 3. 2 rawls"s insight: even if we can"t agree directly on a conception of justice, or on what reasons are the best, we might be able to agree that certain types of reasons should be ruled out from the outset. A thin conception of persons as rational and reasonable: result: the principles of justice are not the result of bargaining advantage (hence justice as fairness). 3. 5 another objection: the original position is purely hypothetical; but hypothetical agreements are not binding. The original position as a device of representation.
