PHL201H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Wilt Chamberlain, Original Position, Thought Experiment
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Critiques of the 2 principles of justice: with r there are 2 ways to critique him: (1) is the decision-making procedure good, can accept it: It only levy taxes in so far as it is necessary to support basic rights. 2016-04-06: because would be up to isolated individuals to choose to organize health insurance scheme, would be unjustified imposition on property rights in order to force people to get health insurance, no government run unemployment insurance. In original position we think what life would be like if you were worst off. Just a result of separate individuals making choices according to what they think is best for them. Imagine you have 2 people and both are entitled to 1000 dollars each to invest in future: say person a chooses to invest in the future by putting 800 in bank, and uses. 200 for fun: 10 years later will have 880 dollars, say person b does reverse.
