A Theory of Justice

Dwight D. Eisenhower said in his first inaugural address, “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” Different countries have different morals and policies. The belief that your country should have to provide everything for you is wrong in my eyes. The accessibility of the “American Dream” has been a reoccurring debate. Society should provide you with the opportunities needed to succeed, but they shouldn’t force you to use them. Primarily, society should offer…

priority of the right to the good. People are free and equal; they are ascribed two moral powers connected “with the elements in the idea of social cooperation; namely a capacity of a sense of justice and a capacity for [the] conception of the good” (Rawls, 233). A sense of justice is the capacity to understand justice and cooperate, and the capacity for a conception of the good is the capacity to rationally “pursue a conception of one's rational advantage” (Rawls, 233). Therefore, cooperation…

some transcendental entity or any being above. Man has to work for the profit that he makes; no person should earn profit without putting in the necessary work in order to gain profit. That being said, I favor John Locke’s Entitlement Conception of Justice over John Rawls' Social (Welfare) Capitalism concept. The main principle that humans abided by during their early years of creation, was that they needed to survive. Early humans knew that in order to survive the elements and any other…

elaborate on why our government should be a welfare state. A role of the government should include protecting those who have the least advantage in society. On the other hand, John Rawls’ criticizes the welfare state. The intuitive general conception of justice argument is proposed by Rawls which promotes equal division of social primary goods, such as power or wealth, among people unless the unequal portion is beneficial to the marginalized. Rawls’ discusses the concept of fair equality of…

Veil of Ignorance John Rawls proposed a strategy, which he called the veil of ignorance, for figuring out which social traditions were simply and which were out of line. The veil of ignorance foundation is as per the following: a lead is simply if everybody would consent to it given that they were made unmindful of their position in the public arena. That is, the fair society would be picked by individuals who had put aside contemplations of their own sex, riches, race, parentage, etc. In a…

political theory is the idea of justice. While justice is explored by many theorists, and ignored by those such as Machiavelli who view it secondary to more pressing concerns of governance, the earliest and most detailed description of justice comes from Plato in his Republic. Plato argues that justice is…

Some may say it is never morally acceptable to break the law. Plato supported this claim in Crito through Socrates, the main character with the option of escaping from prison. He was imprisoned and sentenced by the Athenian court to death for corrupting the youth. His friend Crito challenges Socrates with various arguments as to why he should break the law by escaping from prison. Opposed, some say it is morally acceptable to break the law. Martin Luther King would support this position. King…

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…

There are two methods that can be used in attempt to promote impartiality: equality and equity. Equality when each person will be given the same amount, whether it be the amount of taxes they must pay, their amount of health coverage, etcetera. In theory, this seems very fair, but in reality it would only be fair of all parties started at the same place. On the other hand, equity aims to give each party the amount that they need to get at the same level. This too causes strife because, for…

Marx and Nozick make compelling arguments against inequality, however, their arguments fall short when compared to arguments in favour of equality. Equality is a level of impartiality either in services or wealth for citizens to provide fair opportunities. Citizens have some uniform treatment by the state in order to remove barriers between individuals. These contentions vary between levels of intrusive means; they allow more or less freedom for citizens. More equality stems from more intrusion,…