John Rawls

Robert D. Putnam establishes social capital as the trivial umbrella that encompasses norms, trust, network, reciprocity, collectiveness, collaboration and interconnectivity. All of these individual components combined are remarkably important for the solidification of democracy. The presence of a concrete social capital indicates that coordination and cooperation for a mutual advantage is conducted (Putnam 384). However, in his article “Bowling Alone:America’s Declining Social Capital,” Putnam…

Q2: Galing Pook and Good Governance A) How did the concept of Good Governance occur in your galing pook case? The galing pook case I have chosen is the SARAGANI case wherein it took take a look at the programs in Sarangani Province. We all know how good governance is all about one major aim: GOODNESS in the society. Good governance was indeed very apparent in my galing pook case in Sarangani. Saragani is located in Mindanao whereas war is present everywhere. Saragani has all the means to be…

The term eugenics derives from the Greek language, eugenics translates to “good genes” in Greek. Eugenics is the controlling of the reproduction of a society to gain desirable traits or eliminate undesirable traits. Rawl’s Contract Theory refers to a social contract among the individuals involved for mutual advantage and follows principle in which everyone agrees to. Everyone must agree on a decision before the event occurs behind a “veil of ignorance.” According to Rawl’s Contract Theory, or…

Machiavelli in The Prince explains that morality can be cast aside if the ends justify the means. This disposal of morality allows for a unified and peaceful society that was once in chaos. By enforcing that there must be some morality cast aside to reach an end goal, Machiavelli examines the idea that there must be some deceptive elements that lead to a working society. This tool of deception is Machiavelli’s tactic for the Prince to unify a chaotic society under peace. Similarly, in the…

In the readings of “Equal Respect & Equal Shares,” David Schmidtz displays various arguments against equal shares as a principle of justice. Notably he is highly stringent in the case of equal shares as a principle of justice when contrasting with the principle of first possession. I will argue that many of the objections have been leveled against the act of first possession in light of equality as well as respect. I will focus on Schmidtz discussion of the benefits of first possession and the…

In the Wilt Chamberlain example, Nozick attempts to show that patterned principles of just distribution are incompatible with liberty. Nozick argues that what the Wilt Chamberlain example shows is that no patterned principle of just distribution will be compatible with liberty. To preserve the pattern which was agreed to in the original position, the state will have to continually interfere with people's ability to freely exchange their shares allotted by the patterned principles. For any…

Robert Nozick’s “Entitlement Theory of Distributive Justice” can be expressed by three main golden rules such as “The Principle of Justice in Acquisition,” “The Principle of Justice in Transfer”,and 'The Principle of Justice in Rectification”. The Principle of Justice in Acquisition is a principle that believes you the person can designate to unowned belongings that you mash up with the labor you do, as long as you don't make the general public worse by doing so. The Principle of Justice in…

John Rawls puts forth a political philosophy arguing for the concept of justice as fairness in a book called A Theory of Justice. Rawls argues that a just political constitution is removed from the personal interest of individuals. Rawls says that the principles of a just political constitution should be made behind a veil of ignorance, whereby those who draft the constitution “… do not know [their] economic or political situation, or the level of civilization and culture [they] [have] been able…

North Allegheny School District 10375 Perry Highway, Wexford, PA 15090 Riya Divekar, Ms.Volpe svolpe@northallegheny.org "The International Public Policy Forum" “Resolved: The obligation to provide safe haven for refugees should outweigh a government 's right to control its borders." "On our honor, we pledge that we have received no unauthorized assistance on this work." Affirmative Side In recent events, the amount of refugees has increased immensely. Currently there are long…

“Harrison Bergeron”, by Kurt Vonnegut, is a short story about a dystopian universe in which everyone is equal through various handicaps. Vonnegut purposely makes this society equal on levels of intelligence, strength, and beauty. Other equality concerns, such as race, are avoided whether intentional or accidental. Vonnegut, throughout his story uses an array of imagery, details, and a particular type of syntax/language. He uses this not only when portraying his characters through their thoughts,…