PHL105Y5 Lecture : John Rawls
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Two principles of justice: (conception of the good: equal basic liberties freedom of religion, the second principle divides up into 2 principles (a) fair equality into of opportunity formal equality of opportunity (merit) formal equality of opportunity (merit): make sure that everyone has the same opportunities as everyone else (everyone may not get into med school, but everyone should be able to at least apply). fair background: everyone should have the same amount of education, and background, or a fair amount of it if you"re comparing two people. B from the sheet before. (b) the difference principle: social and economic inequalities must be to the benefit of the least advantaged members of society. You want to distribute fairly and efficiently. Even if, the more advanced people of society got a larger piece of the pie, the less advantaged would still get a huge piece of the pie, and everyone would be happy because they overall get a big piece.
