CRM/LAW C10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Commerce Clause, Agricultural Adjustment Act, Lochner V. New York
19 Apr 2016
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1- veil of ignorance (not knowing what position you should be born into: certain rights are absolutely protected under the veil of ignorance. 2- difference principle: people shouldn"t benefit from mere accidents of birth, we shouldn"t treat people differently from happenstance, treat people with equality. Libertarians wouldn"t accept this; you should have the benefit of whatever work you have. You have to ask both questions: is it a society that i would want to live in and does the law treat people differently based on morally arbitrary characteristics? (cid:1) (cid:1) Theories of wealth distribution based on rawl"s difference principle . Meritocratic: government regulation to achieve fair equality , no price gouging, some government intervention. Egalitarian: based on rawls" difference principle , fine for government to take money away from people who make too much, taxation is perfectly justified for wealth redistribution if the wealth was gained by arbitrary differences (cid:1) (cid:1)
