Basic Structure & Informational Restrictions
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Basic structure pervasively impacts life ____. Effects are profound and present from the _____.
Chances; start.
Basic structure pervasively impacts life chances. Effects are profound and present from the start.
What is (broadly) the original position?
An analytical tool/expository device
Name this principle:
Each person is to have an equal right to the most
extensive scheme of equal basic liberties compatible
with a similar scheme of liberties for others.
The principle of Equal Basic Liberties
How many pages (double spaced) does your paper need to be?
6 pages
Who was Rawls' hero?
Abraham Lincoln
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Basic structure shapes our ____ and ____. _____ systems fashion our wants. Influencers are a part of this cycle.
wants; desires; economic
Basic structure shapes our wants and desires. Economic systems fashion our wants.
The original position is a type of...
(What is it's model theoretic approach...)
Social contract
Name this principle:
Social and economic inequalities are to be attached
to positions and offices open to all under conditions
of fair equality of opportunity
The principle of fair equality of opportunity
Name the following:
1. When is your thesis due?
2. What text are you required to use in your thesis?
3. How many other texts are you required to use?
1. Tonight at 5:00
2. Rawls' Theory of Justice
3. Two other texts
Where is Rawls buried?
Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge (he died in 2002)
Basic structure is essential to a _____ _____ life. (Two blanks).
social; cooperative
Basic structure is essential to a social cooperative life.
Rules that govern arguing about rules. If we can't agree on the ground rules, maybe we can agree on how to argue about them.
What are meta-rules?
Name this principle:
Social and economic inequalities are to be arranged so that they are reasonably expected to be to everyone’s advantage.
The difference principle
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I am not going to _____ the texts, instead I am going to use them as evidence to support my argument.
Summarize/other synonyms
I am not going to summarize the texts, instead I am going to use them as evidence to support my argument.
Why did Rawls step away from religion and toward philosophy?
He fought in World War 2
What is a veil of ignorance?
a "veil" that prevents us from knowing who we are
Rawls is friendly towards maximining, what is maximining?
Maximining is maximizing the minimum level of well-being. In the Mars simulation that would be the situation where the salaries are 12, 13, and 14.
Premise 1 of Rawls' consistency argument states:
We are morally required to _____
discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, family
connections for reasons of fairness.
Prevent
We are morally required to prevent
discrimination on the grounds of gender, race, family
connections for reasons of fairness.
Direct quotes should be used ____, only when paraphrasing will not do as well.
Sparingly/other synonyms
Direct quotes should be used sparingly, only when paraphrasing will not do as well.
What state was Rawls' (and your TF) born?
Bonus 100 pts if you name the city (of either of us).
Maryland.
Rawls - Baltimore
Hadley - Annapolis
Where does Rawls theory sit on the scale from thin to thick veils of ignorance?
On the thick side.
1. OP = rigged objection
2. OP has no moral force (hypothetical contracts are not binding)
3. OP produces absurd interpersonal results
Name/describe premise 2 OR 3 of Rawls' consistency argument.
P2: Reasons of fairness justify preventing one’s class
from affecting one’s life chances.
OR
P3: Reasons of fairness also justify preventing one’s
natural talents from affecting one’s life chances.
Create an example thesis.
Up to my judgement!
How many of the ivy leagues did Rawls work/study at?
3 - Princeton, Cornell, and Harvard