Rawls

Question 1

social contract

Answer 1

a hypothetical agreement in an original position of equality

Question 2

two principles of justice according to Rawls

Answer 2

basic liberties for all people, only social and economic inequalities the help the least-well-off

Question 3

morality of contracts

Answer 3

autonomy and reciprocity

Question 4

moral limits of contracts

Answer 4

agreement does NOT guarantee fairness,

consent is not enough

Question 5

four rival theories of distributive justice according to Rawls

Answer 5

feudal/caste system, libertarian, meritocratic, egalitarian

Question 6

objections to Rawls

Answer 6

incentive and efforts

Question 7

egalitarian

Answer 7

Rawls’ difference principle
ex. Harrison Bergeron
“equal but not fair”

Question 8

key role of government according to Rawls

Answer 8

leveling equality by correcting the social and economic disadvantages

Question 9

examples of Rawls’s just society

Answer 9

rationing

Question 10

key ideas of a just society according to Rawls

Answer 10

equal but not fair