PHI 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Distributive Justice, Meritocracy, Original Position
26 Apr 2019
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Sandel looks first at the most important features of contracts. The ideal contract you"d want with your government. Fair distribution of the goods and services (benefits and burdens) of a society. Who has the competitive edge in a market economy. Meritocracy: a society where advancement is based on abilities and achievements ) Those who already have wealth and status and power. I. e. , once again: at least in part, accident of birth. Can show bias towards another or yourself. If you do something in benefit of society, there should be a reward. Coming together in a state of perfect equality to create a new society. A conceptual device where everyone is ignorant of the advantages and disadvantages he or she will receive in life. All rational people want to live in a just society. If we could make decisions without that happening, we could aim for justice.
