What is fairness theory?
The theory of justice as fairness is an ethical theory which argues that broad principles are able to capture the nature of what constitutes a just society Rawls argues that all that is required for a society to be just is for it to be fair Justice is an attribute of society and not individuals
What are Rawls primary goods?
Primary goods are presented in the book A Theory of Justice (1971) written by the American philosopher John Rawls Social primary goods: this category includes rights (civil rights and political rights), liberties, income and wealth, the social bases of self-respect, etc
What does morally arbitrary mean?
It means that something could have been different but it didn’t due to mere luck, thus it escapes moral credit, responsibility or blame For example, many people are proud to be American, Turkish or Kenyan
Why does Rawls reject the moral desert?
The philosophers mentioned thus far believe that Rawls rejects preinstitutional desert in favor of entitlement because everything about the person—even one’s moral character—is based on contingent factors, which makes the distribution of assets and endowments arbitrary from a moral point of view, and thus unjus
What does desert mean?
(Entry 1 of 4) 1 : arid land with usually sparse vegetation especially : such land having a very warm climate and receiving less than 25 centimeters (10 inches) of sporadic rainfall annually 2 : an area of water apparently devoid of life
What is the moral desert?
Moral desert is deserving something in moral terms for something you have done So for instance if I murder someone, we might think that morally, I deserve to have something bad happen to me Or if I help someone out, I deserve to be rewarded
What is moral entitlement?
According to Nozick, anyone who acquired what he has through these means is morally entitled to it Thus the “entitlement” theory of justice states that the distribution of holdings in a society is just if (and only if) everyone in that society is entitled to what he ha