Philosophy 2074F/G Chapter Notes -Wilt Chamberlain, Effective Demand, Justice As Fairness
1 May 2013
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What a person deserves or is entitled by specific rules and laws, such as those governing state lotteries, food stamp allocations, health care coverage, admission procedures for universities and the like. The world justice is broadly used to cover both of these principles and specific rules derived from the same principles, but developed for specific situations. Prices can be high and low, but not fair or unfair, the practice of trade and currency for economists is not of moral fairness. The basis of this exclusion of price as a consideration of justice that the market established nature of prices and salaries. Egalitarian theories emphasise equal access to primary goods whereas libertarian theories emphasize rights to social and economic liberty and deemphasize collective control. Systematic theories of justice attempt to elaborate how people should be compared and what it means to give people what they are due.
