PHL201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Thought Experiment, Wilt Chamberlain, Washing Machine
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Lecture 23: political philosophy rawls & nozick. If no one has it, then people who can afford best lawyers always win: ex: freedom of expression. 2016-04-04: tend to be more efficient, but seems to be amount of injustice in them, question: If you"re worried about person at bottom of ladder you won"t really care about difference of. A and b: you"ll be the same if you"re poor and richer people will be richer if you choose b, another way to critique r: If we think about how original position justifies principles we get out of experiment. If thought experiment was correctly, disadvantaged person can"t say they were denied the opportunity right from the beginning. What are the things about yourself that you shouldn"t know: ex: r says you can"t know economic situation of your society (i. e. can"t know if you live in country that is generally well off) In particular thinks r"s principles infringes on liberty too much.
