WWS 370 Lecture 12: Lecture 12_ Justice and Equality
6 Nov 2018
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Society as a fair system of cooperation. Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible with a similar liberty for others. John rawls, a theory of justice, p. 60. John rawls, a theory of justice, p. 83. Social good = rights (product of modern society) and economic output (also product of modern society) Locke: freedom and equality are the same. Rawls: equality and liberty are separate concepts. Justice is about the distribution of rights. It is not just that some should have less while others should prosper. Suppose further that these rules specify a system of cooperation designed to advance the good of those taking part in it. Then, although a society is a cooperative venture for mutual advantage, it is typically marked by a conflict as well as by an identity of interests.
