John Rawls

controlled by 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…

I argue that John Stuart Mill and John Rawls make stronger arguments as liberal thinkers than Carl Schmitt does in his defense of state authority because they do not rely on theology in their works. With interest in Mill’s “On Liberty” and Rawls’s “A Theory of Justice,” it is impossible to ignore the liberal stand they take and the opposing views that Carl Schmitt takes in both “The Concept of the Political” and “The Age of Neutralizations and Depoliticizations.” According to Rawls, the “veil of…

Jeremy Bentham and John Stuart Mill • Focusing on Mill: • Emphasizes that utilitarianism has had an enormous…

There are many differing views about democracy, but “currently, there are three prominent streams within pragmatic political philosophy: Deweyan democratic perfectionism, Rortyan ironism, and pragmatist epistemic deliberativism” (Talise 2014 123) that provide for the conception of liberal democracy and its implementation. Though each of these philosophical explanations offer their own unique conception of democracy along with how to fulfill democracy’s enactment, pragmatist epistemic…

In a world comprised of people who hardly seem different from anyone else, do you believe that people would so readily relinquish their sense of self? The dictionary definition of conformity is the “ compliance with standards, rules or laws.” On the other hand, individuality is defined as “ the quality or character of a particular person or thing that distinguishes them from others of the same kind, especially when strongly marked.” Bradbury reveals the theme that conformity suppresses…

developing his theory of justice, Rawls is primarily concerned with the basic structure of society, not the personal conduct of individuals (Kymlicka 2002: 10). His theory is constructed with a particular conception of society in mind, namely, that of the modern nation-state (Parfit 2011: 346), and furthermore, his theory is focused on justice within such a society, not on interactions between different societies (Singer 1993: 253). In formulating his theory, Rawls also stipulates some…

So in deciding on what’s right or wrong we simply need to just know if the result is more good or bad. This is the idea of utilitarianism as first proposed by Jeremy Bentham and later expounded on by John Stuart Mill. Mill theory stated that what makes an action right is that the results promoted the greatest good for the greatest number. Most importantly he further stated that what makes an action good was based off pleasure from the result but not…

“I do not believe in immortality of the individual, and I consider ethics to be an exclusively human concern with no superhuman authority behind it.” - Albert Einstein. Making ethical choices should just be common sense within society. We expect everybody to do the right thing, we want everybody to do the right thing. But what happens when one does something unethical? What happens to them? What happens to the people around them? It never turns out well, they end up destroying everything around…

Introduction John Rawls and Robert Nozick, two famous American philosophers standing at rival ends in the theory of distributive justice, have influenced the society not only in philosophy, but also covering economics, law, and public policy. To assess their success, this essay first examines Rawls’ Difference Principle and Nozick’s Entitlement Theory, then contrasts the two theories where issues arise. Lastly, it analyses the influence of both theories in society. The Theories of Distributive…

agreeably. As a result of another, we must look again our politics in general, from the perspective of the contract, and start from where we are, with full knowledge of how our society has been informed from the realm of politics and contract. Today, John Locke’s theory dominates the society Americans live in. America is a liberal Western country; people cannot do things in their own countries or make some things easier in America, so that is why people want to come here. Additionally, America’s…