Fairness Doctrine

In contemporary philosophical debate, there are hardly any concepts that congregate common agreements as the Justice as Fairness. The moral philosophers-from utilitarians to Kantians-, acknowledged that justice and equality are morally demanded. The contemporary philosophical perspectives on this debate will be referred to the principle of Rawl’s theory of Justice as Fairness. John Rawls has, in miscellaneous works and in his book A Theory of Justice (Harvard University Press, 1971) protected…

Rawls’s emphasis on the distinction between ideal and non-ideal theory, his preoccupation with impartial justification and the strains of commitment, and his consecutive insistence on differentiating comprehensive and political moral doctrines all testify to his deep concern for offering a theory of justice which takes into account the constraints of real-world implementation. This concern is most clearly present in his claim to have constructed a “realistic utopia”. In his Law of Peoples,…

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…

Lord Diplock defined the ground illegality as the requirement for decision makers to understand the law that regulates their decision-making power and give its effect . Nevertheless, a decision can be held as illegal for different reasons. In the case Wheeler v Leicester City Council , the city council used their statutory powers to punish the rugby club for refusing to follow the council’s own views on the South African rugby boycott . In favour of the Club, House of Lords upheld that the…

TASK 0NE BY SAM; Judicial precedent is quite a broad doctrine in the English legal system, means a fundamental legal principle or decision made in a higher or lower court in hierarchy, the decisions made may usually influence the future occurrences by either becoming binding or persuasive precedents. The doctrine is highly influenced by three Latin legal terminologies which are; obiter Dicta, ratio decided and stare decisis. In the persuasive precedent where court is not obliged to adhere to…

greatest advantages of the doctrine. The people can aim their actions with faith with the results in greater certainty. For the practicality, the law evolved was ground on reality instead of theoretical conditions. With there is still an adaptability that the judges can prevent from following previous cases if it had been settled incaution or by distinguishing precedents while the higher courts restrict the lower courts with its decision. The first disadvantages of doctrine of binding judicial…

The advancement of the communication system has transformed the way information is broadcasted, as well as how society perceives information. Knowledge and news was once acquired through newspapers and oral interactions, unlike our modern reliance on corporate media outlets to distribute and prioritize news. Media outlets have a huge influence on society, considering they present the most amount of information in a timely fashion. Corporate media exploits the minds of the public and frame the…

Rawls’ theory of justice: unachievable or ideal to pursue? Justice as fairness is a type of distributive justice, arrived at via designing perfect procedural justice, irrespective of the specific outcome. Using comparison as methodology, John Rawls sets out to dismiss other possible types of political and economic arrangements as unethical. His proposed thought experiment encourages the reader to disrespect all natural and societal endowments and see oneself as an output of an undeserved…

in his theory. The fair equality of opportunity principle ensures equality but could possibly hinder freedom. In order for the fair equality of opportunity principle to be enforced, the state would have to interfere in the role of the family. True fairness would require that rules be put in place with regard to what is expected of parents in raising their children. For example, what they must feed them, how many hours a day they should spend with them etcetera. This would ensure that all…

testimonies of the perfection of the plan of salvation that I know of, because the only way they possibly could have is through knowing that the martyred were truly being received unto God in glory. Alma’s explanation in verse 10 is crucial to LDS doctrine, because it provides an explanation for evil being allowed…