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Title of the Book:Contemporary Moral Problems Seventh edition by James E. WhiteBook Review Chapter:John Rawls: A Theory of JusticeQuote:“In justice as fairness the original position of equality corresponds to the state of nature inthe traditional theory of the social contract.” PAGE 80.What I expect to learn:
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What is the theory of justice?
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What is the argument that leads to this theory?
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What are the different theories they used in this book?Review:In this book John Rawls theory states that there are two principles of justice: the firstprinciple involves equal basic liberties, and the second principle concerns thearrangement of social and economic inequalities. PAGE 81. John Rawls theory are theprinciples that free and rational persons would accept in a hypothetical original positionwhere there is a veil of ignorance hiding from the contractors all the particular facts aboutthemselves. PAGE 81. John Rawls discusses the his main idea of the theory of justicethat his aim is to present a conception of justice which generalizes and carries to a higherlevel of abstraction the familiar theory of social contract.What I learned:I’ve learned that the two concept of justice and its meaning to John Rawls.Integrative Questions:
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What is the theory of justice?
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What is the main idea of John Rawls to the theory of justice?
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What are the two principles of justice?Review Questions:1.
Carefully explain Rawl’s conception of the original position.
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I don’t know the original position of the conception of Rawls.
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But the principle of justice is that the principles are arranged in aserial order with the first principle prior to the second principle. Thatthe ordering means that the departure of institutions of equal liberty.
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State and Explain Rawl’s first principle of Justice.
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According to Rawls the first principle of justice is that each person is tohave an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty compatible witha similar liberty for others.
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John Rawls a Theory of Justice
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