JOHN RAWLS AN AMERICAN MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER

JOHN RAWLS -AN AMERICAN MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHER BY: EMILY, SEAN, KENTISH

BACKGROUND INFORMATION • American and Moral Philosopher • One of the most influential philosophers of modern time • Noted for his contribution to his liberal political philosophy • Rawlsianism • Attempts to determine social justice • Best Known Work: A Theory of Justice

BELIEFS • Believed in fairness and justice • 2 principles of justice… • 1 st principle of justice: • “Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty and compatible with a similar liberty for others” • Freedom of speech • Liberty • Pursuit of happiness

BELIEFS • 2 nd principle of justice: • “they are to be of the greatest benefit to the least-advantaged members of society, consistent with the just savings principle” (the difference principle) • “offices and positions must be open to everyone under conditions of fair equality of opportunity” • also believes that inequalities can be just as long as they are to the benefit of the least advantaged (difference principle) • https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=GPWpvpg. ZY 9 g (add video)

MAIN IDEA • The law of peoples • The Law of Peoples: a foreign policy that guides a liberal society in its interactions with other societies • Two main ideas of John Rawls are: 1) The great evils of human history follow from political injustice 2) Once the most profound forms of political injustice are eliminated, these great evils will eventually disappear

WORKS CITED • Wenar, Leif. "John Rawls. " Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Stanford University, 25 Mar. 2008. Web. 03 Apr. 2017.