LAWS 2105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Justice
6 Dec 2017
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Laws 2105 c & v january 11th, 2017. Must write two out of three 1000 words essays or write all three and the best two will be accounted for in the final grade, each will be worth 50%. Do not summarize the reading, make an argument in relation to the readi(cid:374)g must (cid:272)o(cid:373)e up (cid:449)ith a(cid:374) origi(cid:374)al thesis. Deadlines for papers are final (jan 31, feb 28, mar 28) Social justice is trying to address the question: Resour(cid:272)es (cid:272)a(cid:374)"t (cid:271)e distributed equally among everyone. We need a society so that we can create and distribute more goods. Social justice example: in canada, john rolls argues that in a liberal state the fundamental principle of equal and free citizens. Political morality: how a legitimate government should operate. Truth is the first virtue of knowledge. When liberal states make decisions on how to distribute social justice, where to implement restrictions. Fundamental unit is free and equal citizenship and equality of the person.
