Philosophy of man

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8. By:
Whendel N. Musngi
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9. WHAT IS
JUSTICE?

10. the quality of being just; righteousness,
equitableness, or moral rightness.

11. John Rawls is Professor Emeritus at Harvard
University. He is the author of the well-known and
path breaking A Theory of Justice (Harvard,
1971) and the more recent work Political
Liberalism (Columbia, 1996).

12. A Theory of Justice is a work of political philosophy and
ethics by John Rawls. It was originally published in 1971
and revised in both 1975 (for the translated editions) and
1999. In A Theory of Justice, Rawls attempts to solve the
problem of distributive justice (the socially just
distribution of goods in a society) by utilising a variant
of the familiar device of the social contract. The
resultant theory is known as "Justice as Fairness", from
which Rawls derives his two principles of justice: the
liberty principle and the difference principle.

13. 1. The basis for the theory
* A revised version of the Social contract theory.
* veil of ignorance - the purpose of the veil:
to assure fairness.
This "veil" is one that essentially blinds
people to all facts about themselves so they
cannot tailor principles to their own advantage

14. • veil of ignorance
the purpose of the veil: to assure fairness.
is a device that can be used to help a person determine whether
something ( an action or an institution or such) moral.
This "veil" is one that essentially blinds people to all
facts about themselves so they cannot tailor principles to
their own advantage.
“ Rawls suggest that you imagine yourself in an original
position behind a veil of ignorance. Behind this veil, you
know nothing of yourself and your natural abilities, or your
position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race,
nationality, or individual tastes.”

15. Justice is the first virtue of social
institutions, as truth is of systems
of thought.

16. the primary subject of justice is the basic
structure of society, or more exactly, the way in
which the major social institutions distribute
fundamental rights and duties and determine the
division of advantages from social cooperation.

17. There still justice even though man is self-interested. That's why
justice is been implemented for man, to lessen his own interest,
and to show that justice starts from equity to equality, how?
First give what is due, then man has a inborn consciousness of
being good. So the action must come first to man, man must
have the self-realization.
Second man becomes greed because of his surroundings, to
have this justice for man, he must learn and see that he/she has
the potentiality of goodness.

18. First: each person is to have an equal right to the
most extensive basic liberty compatible with similar
liberty for others.
Second: social and economic inequalities are to be
arranged so that they are both (a) reasonably
expected to be to everyone's advantage, and (b)
attached to positions and offices open to all.

19. The basic liberties of citizens are roughly speaking
• political liberty (the right to vote and to be eligible for
public office) *
• freedom of speech and assembly.
• freedom of the person along with the right to hold
(personal) property.
• freedom from arbitrary arrest and seizure as defined
by the concept of the rule of law.

20. (a)they are to be of the greatest benefit to the least-
advantaged members of society, consistent with
the just savings principle. (the difference
principle)
(b)offices and positions must be open to everyone
under conditions of fair equality of opportunity.

22. 1. He is Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and he is the author of the
well-known and path breaking A Theory of Justice (Harvard, 1971).
a. Kant
b. Locke
c. Rousseau
d. Rawls
answer: d

23. 2. ______________ the quality of being just; righteousness,
equitableness, or moral rightness.
a. Fairness
b. Righteousness
c. Justice
d. Liberty
answer: b

24. 3. It is the right to vote and to be eligible for public office.
a. political liberty
b. freedom of speech and assembly
c. freedom of the person along with the right to hold (personal) property
d. freedom from arbitrary arrest and seizure as defined by the concept of
the rule of law
answer: a

25. 4.____________ is the first virtue of social institutions, as truth is
of systems of thought.
a. Equality
b. Justice
c. Fairness
d. Liberty
answer : b

26. 5. What is the role of justice?
a. As virtue of social institutions.
b. As basic structure of society.
c. To have an equal right .
d. To open everyone under conditions of fair equality of
opportunity.
answer: a