Positions of authority

On a blistering Tuesday afternoon in late May, I was up to bat. The second inning of the softball game was underway, and I could already feel the perspiration rolling down my spine. A light breeze kicked up, but administered little relief from the suffocating heat. Inhaling deeply, I took in the fragrance of the freshly cut grass. The umpire bellowed, “batter up!” and I spit out the last of the salty sunflower seeds that were in my mouth before advancing into the batter’s box, shirking the…

It was a warm spring afternoon on April 26th 2015, around 5 pm. I was 13 at my 3rd all star district championship game, playing one of the best teams in our league. Nestled in the pines, under the hot scorching sun, I was on the dirt stained pitching mound. As I wiped the sweat from my brow I look up as Hunter walks up to the plate. Hunter was a good friend of mine who showed me the curve ball at baseball practice the following season before. Hunter was 6'2" tall, weighing around 180 pounds and…

Rawls argues for the priority of the right to a conception of the good person (Rawls, 1766). The priority of the self to its ends supports the 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…

Last year during the baseball season, I was running into a plethora of problems such as not making contact and not getting hits. This made me feel hopeless and listless, as I had played baseball for years, and playing the sport was one of my favorite hobbies. Feeling unable to do anything about my predicament, my coach said that my teammates and I could come to the cages whenever we wanted to. I realized that this opportunity was the solution to my problem. I went to my team’s batting cages…

Research Quote to use: the principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance. A short profile: John Rawls was born and raised in a small town of Baltimore, Maryland. Although his family was a bit well off, his childhood was strikingly marked by woe. His two younger brothers got infected with an infectious disease which he himself had previously been infected with, the brothers past away. Rawls dramatic sense of contumacy of prosperity may have been generated by this early childhood…

I made a trip up to the both this weekend to talk with Joey Tilley about comments said by the umpires during the championship game on Sunday the 15th. While I understand they are human and are not going to get every call correct these statements should never be said. The plate umpire approached our dugout after the plate meeting and before the start of the game with a the statement I do not have a high school strike zone, you have two foot arms, swing 36 inch bats and my zone is 6 inches either…

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 opportunities and how an individual’s circumstances shouldn’t have an effect on the social positions available to him or her. Additionally, it is necessary to address other components such as an individual’s natural capacity because only…

For safety purposes, and by rule, all fastpitch players must wear softball helmets with a face mask. Each helmet must meet NOCSAE safety standards to be legal. If you’re a fastpitch softball player, there are three important things to consider when determining the best softball helmets with a face mask. First, the helmet needs to provide adequate protection. All helmets with the NOCSAE stamp on the back meet safety standards. Then, you’re going to want to choose a helmet that has excellent…

St. Therese of Lisieux Sttherese.com says, “From an early age Thérèse wanted to give herself to God.” She was born on January 2, 1873 (Hoever 401) in Alençon, Normandy (“St. Therese of”). After her mother died when Therese was four her family, her father and four older sisters, moved to Les Buissonnets, Lisieux where she would be raised (“About St Therese”). After fifteen years at home Therese entered the Lisieux Carmel and lived there until her early death at twenty-four years old (“Her life…

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 perfect world this rule wipes out individual inclination from the decision and…