POLS 250 Chapter Notes - Chapter None: John Rawls
20 Oct 2016
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Pols 250 week 6 tutorial civil disobedience. Society is not fundamentally unjust: co-operation is possible. Civil disobedience can be conducted in a mostly well ordered society: democratic, constitutional. But there is injustice in practice (nothing is perfect) Logical: you already accepted these things, we need to remind you that it needs to be applied. Does rawls present a utopian view of civil disobedience. Society is deeply flawed: consists of ingroups and outgroups eg 1% vs 99, built rawlsian principles to apply to them. Moral: we ought to treat each other fairly regardless of principles. If you have a principle that guides your actions you can act accordingly. Pursuit of justice encompasses peace and order, and virtue. Problems: ambiguous what is justice, competing claims justice for some impedes justice for others. If you"re dead or enslaved you don"t care about justice. Create an order for peace and justice you must first be safe.
