John Rawls, A Theory of Justice | Two Principles of Justice | Philosophy Core Concepts

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This Core Concept video focuses on John Rawls' major work of political theory and ethics, A Theory of Justice, and discusses the two main principles of justice that he thinks rational agents in an initial condition, deciding behind a veil of ignorance, will settle upon.

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[MiguelAngelYanezDiaz]

I'm an almost graduate in philosophy and this is probably the best quick summary of Rawls I've seen so far. Obviously as we all know philosophy can't be boiled down to a few minutes, but you certainly explain yourself very well!

[timedgley]

Great. I was struggling with my first reading of Rawls, but this talk has explained some key concepts and has made things a lot clearer

[monicasaunders]

This is amazing! Thank you for explaining his two principles so clearly!

[ambujkr]

So nicely explained sir 😊 🙏🙏 thank you 😊

[angelinaruthvillatoro]

This has been extremely helpful, thanks so much!

[hanbenlow]

Great insights. However, i would argue that Rawl's theory is challenging in practice. I mean, no one, literally no one would ignore their own biased view of advantage. And further implications down the line of implementing his concept seems to create more inequality than equality.

[georgefordham]

I like explanations like this. Thank you and Dr. RAWLS.

[samdavy]

sending thanks and appreciation from UK.

[rhandyrhoads]

Thank you for the concise explanation.

[tzakman]

Where can we find what rawls views were on marx?

[kontohakua]

Thank you for the simple explanation of the principles of Rawls' theory of justice. However, my question relates to what are the three main theories of justice according to Rawls? Are these the same as the principles stated earlier?

[vincentliuo]

Rawls, is saying it is good if the stars or people who need it gain more wealth, therefore a redistribution of wealth would cause equality and is justified. Because these people that would earn more, like a doctor or a tech artisan would essentially do better for more people.

But the "way" he phrases it, is weird. It becomes ambiguous, he is almost saying let us have inequality so equality comes, but that's not what it is. Not at all!!! It is however, now read this literally, "we want a redistribution of wealth that causes equality". Which is not the same as having, "we want inequality that causes equality". The first keeps the inequality and kind of muffles it away as being a force for equality. The other is trying to deliberately reach equality by being responsible in distributing assets and resources to those who can do more with it and have big returns for all.

The emphasis should be very different.