Original position

a dependency relationship. Also, the Aboriginal people were not allowed to participate much in the making of the policies and laws, regarding the reserve lands; they had no power. This indicates that the indigenous people are not provided with positions of authority. Moreover, the Aboriginal people in Canada are not provided with enough income and wealth. This is due to low rates of educational attainment because of the extreme poverty that they suffer from; this whole poverty crisis is caused…

with the principles of justice in acquisition”, and those who get it by “the principle of justice in transfer…(is)entitled to the holding” (151). Nonetheless, this puts those who are physically and/or socioeconomically disadvantaged in a detrimental position because all the wealth would accumulate in the upper half of the society. To counteract natural phenomenon of varying advantages, Rawls presents compensatory principles that buffers the injustice that can occur. There are two overarching…

This will not guarantee that justice would be achieved for the less fortunate, the original position states that everyone must come to a collective agreement to make sure that the “least well-off” will inherit equal shares of everything. I believe this is impossible because people will not agree for many reasons. The “veil of ignorance” produces…

that, “no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status; nor does he know his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities, his intelligence and strength, and the like.” This veil can help the rational man make fair decisions based on Rawls’ two principles of justice: maximize liberty and minimize inequalities. However, the two principles cannot be violated for the sake of the other. In his “original position”, Rawls’ states that members of the society have…

Individuals tend to prosper and advance more when there exists mutual cooperation among each other within a just society than they would if they were to only look after and provide for themselves. Assuming that a society’s moral standards are just, one can infer that the social collaboration within a community seeks to establish what is good (e.g. happiness, success) amongst ALL their members equally. This is typically accomplished through the creation and regulation of the basic structure of a…

Research Quote to use: the principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. A short profile: John Rawls was born and raised in a small town of Baltimore, Maryland. Although his family was a bit well off, his childhood was strikingly marked by woe. His two younger brothers got infected with an infectious disease which he himself had previously been infected with, the brothers past away. Rawls dramatic sense of contumacy of prosperity may have been generated by this early childhood…

Foucault argues that there is a critical shift in terms of power associations that is evident in the circumstance where the soul replaces the body as an objective of penal suppression. This form of displacement presents a fresh form of exposing the body to influence informed by information. Thus, the body is no longer considered as an object of punishment but rather as a tool for retribution. If the body is enslaved, the objective is not to impose bodily harm but rather to withdraw persons of…

the importance of equality for all people, Rawls created his theory of justice as an alternative to the Utilitarianism approach. (Heywood, 1994). Rawls theory consists of The Original Position, The Veil of Ignorance, and a degree of rationality, which in turn forms the two principles of justice. The Original Position, theorises that who we are and what we do within society, influences our ideas of justice and fairness. People of different social standings will view justice on different…

based on the original position is, the idea that equality corresponds to the state of nature. The state of nature is considered as a purely hypothetical situation characterized to lead to a certain conception of justice. If everyone was to believe in a certain form of justice it would lead to a more unified and well-constructed society. That certain conception of justice became known as the veil of ignorance. The veil of ignorance is the thought process that nobody knows what class position,…

Harrison Bergeroen or 2081 has an interesting concept that mainly focuses about equality in the society. People must be forced to be equal to one another in their appearances, behaviors, and achievements by using physical and mental handicaps. The purpose is to protect the self-esteem of less-beautiful, less-talented, less intelligent people, so that those who exceed the standard would not be able to threat or hurt others. After I read the story, the first set of questions that came to my mind…