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Rawls - thry of justice - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Where hypothetical contractors
        
        choose principles of Justice
        
        They would choose 2 fundamental principles of JUSTICE
        
        Principle of equal Liberty
        
        & Difference principle
        
        Has social and economic inequalities
        
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        How principles work
        
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        Achieves some of latter principle
        
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        Requires equality in basic rights and duties
        
        Applies to second principle
        
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        Guiding idea for the basic structure of society
        
        To regulate agreements on
        
        Kinds of social cooperation and forms of government established
        
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        Applying these principles would
        
        Lead to the same judgments about basic structure of society we decide on with confidence
        
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        Reflective equilibrium
        
        To govern the assignment of Rrghts and duties
        
        & to regulate the distribution of social and economic advantages
        
        Unlike principle of utility
        
        Incompatible with social cooperation among equals for mutual advantage (ppl talking equally on their interests)
        
        Inconsistent with the idea of a well-ordered society
        
        Ppl who have no idea who they'll be/what society/race/$/social status natural assets abilities intelligence/strengths (of their goodness too)/likes/psychological tendencies they're born into
        
        Free and rational ppl who want to further their interests
        
        In defining fundamental terms and restrictions they want when they enter the world
        
        Basic rights and duties, division of social benefits,
        
        They wouldn't want to sacrifice less beings for desires
        
        Rational reflection on what constitutes are good, which ends to rationally pick
        
        Not as a primitive condition of culture or state of affairs
        
        Interests in wealth(economically), Prestige, with opposing spiritual aims (like religion) domination, and no interest in anothers' interests
        
        Veil of ignorance
        
        Ensures no one is advantaged or disadvantaged
        
        All in similar position and no one can favor a particular condition
        
        The appropriate initial status quo
        
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        Purpose: to represent equality between human beings
        
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