A Theory of Justice

considerations of general benefit, welfare or happiness can justify their violation. Therefore, the foundation of modern liberalism is the following idea: individual rights and freedoms form an integral part of the fair structure of society, because justice is impossible without recognition…

Rawls and Nozick: Justice as a Fair Inequality or Entitled Right? Distributive justice is the economic framework within a society which determines the distribution of goods amongst its members. How goods should be distributed and to whom have been interpreted by John Rawls and Robert Nozick, two contemporary philosophers that share the belief that there is no practical form of equal distribution of goods within society, but disagree on what constitutes a true distributive justice when taking…

The following is an examination of prompt one of the week five Justice Theory essay assignment. Accordingly, it presents analysis relating to the French theorist, Michel Foucault, as well as the German theorist, Karl Marx. Moreover, the emphasis of this paper is on the four areas defined in the inquiry, relating to Foucault’s conception of history. First, this paper explains Foucault’s notion of how discourse shapes history. Secondly, it deciphers Foucault’s proposition for studying history…

In an Egalitarian society, when it comes to justice, equality and basic human rights come to mind. Now, when I think of John Rawls, I think of a liberal egalitarian. Similar, yes. Moreover, liberal egalitarianism is more encouraging, if you will. Why? Fairness. Rawls provides a theory called justice as fairness. Within this theory, he presents two principles of justice. Principles in which, human beings can refer to when decisions are to be made, for instance, decisions on the constitution, laws…

John Rawls theory of justice as fairness is 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…

The relationship between the Aboriginal people in Canada and the Government of Canada is described as strained and imbalanced due to the opposite perspectives they have on federal laws and policies. Most Aboriginal people argue that the current laws and policies is unfair and that it is a continuation of the past colonial laws, which have made them impoverished. On the other hand, many non-Aboriginal politicians tend to ignore the claims of the indigenous people and the poverty crisis they are…

When John Rawls’ A Theory of Justice emerged into the realm of political philosophy in 1971, it not only breathed life into modern-day liberalism but it also inspired the rise of sharp criticism, as philosophy often is wont to do, from different political morals. Included in that mo-saic of contrasting views is modern-day communitarianism. Drawing primarily upon the insights from renowned philosophers Aristotle and Hegel, communitarians place a greater emphasis on the role of the community in…

For Rawls, justice as proposing two principles of justice to serve as guidelines for how basic institutions are to realize the values of liberty and equality; and second, by specifying point of view from which these principles can be seen as more appropriate than other familiar principles of justice to the idea of democratic citizens viewed as free and equal persons.” The two Rawlsian principles of justice that serve as guidelines are stated as follows: Each person has an equal claim to a fully…

has most changed the way I think about justice is Marlon Young explanation of the distributive paradigm and John Rawls’ theory of the veil of ignorance. The philosopher I learned the least from is John Nozick because of his entitlement theory. I learned the most from Young’s Justice and the Politics of Difference and Rawls’ A Theory of Justice because they try to determine the best way to individually and collectively enforce fair and equal social justice amongst the people. Young’s…

(e.g. happiness, success) amongst ALL their members equally. This is typically accomplished through the creation and regulation of the basic structure of a society, which is subject to social justice. In his work, A Theory of Justice, American philosopher John Rawls focuses on the primacy and role of justice in social institutions. Specifically concerning the distributive aspects of a society, Rawls believes…