Veil of ignorance

In the pre-independence period, a number of rural development programmes were started by the Nationalists and Social reformers. Some of these programmes gradually disappeared or some were merged with Government-sponsored schemes later. 'This is because of various reasons like lack of encouragement from the Government, lack of financial support, inadequate, inexperienced and untrained staff. The other reasons are lop-sided approach to different aspects of development, absence of needed supplies…

Plato is widely considered the most pivotal figure in the development of philosophy. He is from ancient Greece and is one of the most renown classical Greek philosophers. He was an idealist/ rationalist – “what could be?” Plato is also the founder of the Academy of Athens, which is believed to be the first institution of higher learning in the western world. His philosophy was interested in three areas: platonic epistemology, metaphysics, ethics. One thing that I think about when I read…

Mixed Messages: Branding Guidelines Arab Culture Introduction To be able to correctly market to any target demographic one must first have a full understanding of the political correctness that surrounds the culture. Certain stigmas and generalizations about any culture often are over assertion and a broad net cast across the culture giving classification to all even though there is a vast difference in the culture being stereotyped. This is especially true when looking at Arab culture. Arab…

have long term. For instance, the brazen occupation within the Middle East and our lasting presence there have left significant cultural ramifications within the region. Within a predominant Muslim territory with strict traditional methods, our ignorance to the long term effects of our actions have caused cultural indifferences between us. Almost as if we have totally and completely lost any and all respect for their ways. These are just a few examples of how the United States and other super…

Situations are not always as they appear. While a situation, prima facie, may seem ethical, taking a deeper look, one may uncover nuances that lead to seeing the situation as unethical. In this essay, I analyze the Lead-Based Paint Abatement Repair and Maintenance Study (1992) conducted by the Kennedy Krieger Institute, in order to provide an ethical analysis of the study. In doing so, I argue that the ethics of the study shifts depending upon which set of non-moral facts an individual chooses…

can be questioned whether the colonisers Eurocentric perspective is still tacitly carried out. This kind of border control contradicts John Rawls theory of Justice as individuals would be incredibly aware of their pistion and not possess the “veil of ignorance” Theory of justice p.358 Another example of border control colliding with racial and economic inequality is the USA, Mexico and Canada border. Post 9/11 control of both borders has increased. Canadians however remark that the “civil…

In 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…

one expected to happen. Such great period was the time of the First World War or the Great War which started in 1914. This was one of those events where no one could predict the outcome and the consequences it would bring. But because of the veil of ignorance, people were unprepared for what was getting later on them. The terms “‘war poet’ and ‘war poetry’, observed Robert Graves in 1942, were ‘terms first used in World War I and perhaps peculiar to it.’” (Das, 2013) This poetry represents the…

and prejudices, all of which have lead the narrator to believe himself to be an invisible man. People’s incompetence to see what is around them has led to bestowing ignorant invisibility upon another person. The narrator experiences the societal ignorance and blindness whites have towards African Americans when he bumps into a blond white man in the dark…

The Transcendence of the Silhouette The Death of the Last Black Man in The Whole Entire World, a play by Suzan-Lori Parks, explores the intricacies of race in a nonlinear, disjoint, and unconventional manner. The conjunction of precise characters and language, though seemingly haphazard, signify in the perpetuation of racism and the history of African American subjugation. The first scene in the story places the audience in the middle of a disconcerting image. In this scene, Park presents a…