PHI 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Public Reason
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Yes: what are some premises leading to answer yes? . In order to make people good, a society needs to be just. A just society makes people good because they function at their best. Most people have a desire to do good for others or to go good by others. Just states would rather focus on he well being of the people rather than making them good. Just state is their to set rules and consequences for people. Being good in a just state can be very subjective. Not possible to have people attain an ideal state. The just state is better on focusing on the welfare of the people rather than making them good. Many modern people answer our question no . Vs. objection that religion is a conservation stopper . Are modern people comfortable with neutral justice: modern world created impersonal market structures, and bureaucratic solutions, agencies for public issues, both driven by neutral, procedural forms of reason.
