Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Justice As Fairness, Will Kymlicka, Robert Nozick
20 Oct 2016
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Original position and the veil of ignorance. They are moderately self-interested and have conflicting goals. This is a so-called thin-theory of the good": they want primary goods. A society in which one person at the top has everything. Not rational - chances are you won"t be at the top. It isn"t compatible with respect for every person - some people will be used for others. Of all the options available, they would choose the one with the best worst outcome. Veil of ignorance makes it irrational to discriminate against anyone. Objection: maximization with a floor" seems more. Finality and risk aversion desirable than the difference principle. Natural inequalities are as morally arbitrary as social inequalities. Allow inequalities only when they benefit the least advantaged. Morally arbitrary differences - social and natural - should benefit the socially and naturally unlucky. Rawls is correct to accept the choice-circumstance distinction, so: All steps from d1 to d2 are voluntary.
