PHLA11H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Eudaimonia
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Aim of the author is to work out a theory of justice that represents an alternative to utilitarian thought. The author will compare justice as fairness with familiar variants of intuitionism, perfectionism, and utilitarianism to bring out the differences in a simple manner. Thus the utilitarianism they shall describe is the classical version that sidgwick speaks of. For example, every man is realizing his own interests is certainly free to balance his own losses against his own gains. We can impose a sacrifice now for the greater good later. A person will act, at least when others aren"t affected, to advance their ends as far as possible. The same way that one person gains when they further their own needs and wants, society will advance if they work on their own system of desires as a group on the desires of their members.
