Thinker
2 readings
John Rawls
Thinker · 2 readings
Rawls examines fair institutions through principles chosen under constraints on personal knowledge. His account also asks what generations owe one another to sustain just institutions.
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Guided course · Module 14 · Lesson 84
What do we owe beyond the present human world?
Leopold, Rawls and Simpson give different reasons for obligations to land, to future generations and within particular relationships. The lesson keeps present needs, and the question of who has authority to decide, in view.
Guided course · Module 13 · Lesson 79
What would fair institutions have to protect?
Rawls, Nozick and Sen offer different tests of fair institutions: principles chosen behind a veil of ignorance, the history of holdings and what people can actually do. Each challenges a simple comparison of incomes.