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Limited Liability and Justifying It Philosophically

Rawlsian justice is concerned with the idea of justice being fair and good, and it has a hope that social institutions do not give...

Political Ideologies of East and West Compared

of yourself and your natural abilities, or your position in society. You know nothing of your sex, race, nationality, or individua...

An Examination of Nozick and Rawls Theories

In this paper of five pages the free market entitlement theory of Nozick's is compared and contrasted with John Rawls' notion that...

Justice, Gender, and the Family by Susan Moller Okin

In six pages this paper discusses this text in terms of how it critiques the social contract theory of John Rawls for overlooking ...

Identity in The Maids by Jean Genet

The identity concept is explored in this analysis of The Maids, a play by Jean Genet in a paper consisting of seven pages....

Comparative Analysis of Robert Nozick's and John Rawls' Justice Theories

In five pages the economic justice theories of Robert Nozick and John Rawls are compared and contrasted in terms of their similari...

Liberty Principle of John Rawls

is that these constructors of the new society are completely ignorant of their own racial, social and economic position within th...

Duty, Morality, and Immanuel Kant

critics contending that dialogue apart from justice is nothing more than a veiled continuation of social domination. Distin...

'Justice as Fairness' and the Theories of John Rawls

Rawls, these individuals have what he calls "two moral powers" and explains these in the following manner: (1) One such power is t...

Civil Disobedience and Philosophy

permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...

Political Society Order and the Philosophy of John Rawls

is contrasted with "conservative" or "right-wing" ideologies. Within the broader context of political theory. "liberalism" has a d...

John Rawls, Nozick, and Adam Smith on Business Ethics

actually benefited society. This is no longer true. in todays society, corporations use these and other precepts to pass on their ...

Humanism and Existentialism

whatever they become, defining their being through a projection of what they foresee of themselves in the future....

Personal Theories on Democratic Citizenship

to a head. To understand those differences it is instructive to look at writing from the early years of our history. Tocqueville ...

A Theory of Justice by John Rawls

to his awakening and allowed him to become a critical philosopher, "synthesizing the rationalism of Leibniz and the skepticism of ...

Moral Permissibility of an Educator Raising the Grade of a Student

In five pages the philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Rawls are applied to a consideration of whether or not it is ethically ac...

Political Viewpoints and Affirmative Action

without affirmative action. Therefore, if a reasonable man can see the obvious quantitative weight on one side or another, without...

John Rawls and Thomas Hobbes on Various Philosophical Issues

In ten pages this paper discusses the fool's argument, the personal contract, the prisoner's dilemma, and the assurance game as pe...

John Rawls, Utilitarianism, and Distributive Justice

In five pages utilitarianism and distributive justice as depicted by political philosopher John Rawls in A Theory of Justice are d...

John Rawls' Economic Justice Theories

In five pages this paper examines John Rawls' economic justice theories. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

Disagreement Between John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin

In six pages this paper discusses the issues upon which which John Rawls and Ronald Dworkin disagree. Three sources are cited in ...

Multiculturalism Perspectives of Iris Marion Young and Susan Moller Okin

In six pages Young and Okin's perspectives on multiculturalism regarding women are examined and the ways in which they critique th...

Justice Theory of John Rawls

In five pages this paper discusses the justice theory of John Rawls in a consideration of their individualism. Three other source...

Original Position of Philosopher John Rawls

In eight pages justice and fairness as conceptualized by philosopher and theorist John Rawls are examined with the emphasis being ...

Original Position and Difference Principle of John Rawls

principles are finally agreed to" (145). He argues that people who possess a "sense of justice" would have a desire to live accor...

Jean Piagot’s Contribution to Adolescent Psychology

The time of Piaget was a time when new awareness was also coming to the specific condition of children, as they were seen as separ...

Civil Disobedience in the 1960s

had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...

Constructivism

that knowledge is something that grows throughout childhood and it is not linear (Silverthorn, 1999). His theories focused on how ...

Affirmative Action, Justice, and Philosopher John Rawls

Nozicks Theory of Justice presents a strong argument for the libertarian view. This view honors property rights, that is, that in...

Thematic Lesson Plan That is Developmentally Appropriate

2004b). They can be used for self-directed study, small group study, projects, experiments or in many other ways (NCREL, 2004b). ...