John Rawls,
Who? GETTING TO THE ASSIGNED ARTICLE: A THEORY OF JUSTICE (1971) HOW WERE PEOPLE THINKG ABOUT ETHICS AND JUSTICE? – Utilitarian – Intuitionism
Is there a decision procedure that leads to our intuitions? What qualities must a population have? What would they choose? – TWO PRINCIPLES OF JUSTICE Equal right to equal liberty Inequalities work out to advantage of worst off – Pareto Optimality – Objection
Counter to Objection: – VEIL OF IGNORANCE – DIFFERENCE PRINCIPLE In addition: – Life Plan – Primary goods
“JUSTICE AS FAIRNESS” constitutional democracy what has history given us? What is politics and justice about? Justice and historical contingency Who is a citizen conception of the good Author of their own claims Responsibility Autonomy?