PHIL 102 Lecture Notes - If And Only If, Justice As Fairness
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Justice: the original position, utilitarianism, two principles of justice, argument? difference between moral theory and practical theory. Ethics is concerned with what makes an act right or wrong. But political philosophers are concerned with social institutions. Rawls thinks of his approach as a version of an approach that goes back to the 17th century. General social and psychological facts; how people will fee if betrayed. Moderate scarcity; everyone can have enough, but no one can have everything they want one way to de ne a just society: A society is just iff its basic social structures comply with principles adopted in the original position. He is a kantian, and is against the utilitarianism view. A just social organization maximizes total happiness in the population his book Equal; they can all make proposals for society and provide arguments. P1: each person is to have equal right to the most extensive basic liberties compatible with similar liberties for all (p. 14)
