Rawls - Justice and Fairness in Society

Join George and John as they discuss and debate different philosophical ideas, today they will be looking into the works of political philosopher John Rawls and his theory of a just and fair society.

Rawls offers his philosophy as a way to ensure justice and fairness is met within any society. By imagining the original position and the veil of ignorance, Rawls argues we will meet the principles of justice. Watch as Rawls’ theory is explained and assessed.

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0:00 - Introduction
1:16 - The Original Position
2:50 - The Veil of Ignorance
6:07 - The Principles of Justice
6:36 - The Equal Liberty Principle
7:56 - The Difference Principle
12:11 - Criticisms of Rawls' Theory of Justice

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[PhilosophyVibe]

This script to this video is part of...
- The Philosophy Vibe 'Political Philosophy' eBook, available on Amazon:

- The Philosophy Vibe Paperback Anthology Vol 3 'Ethics and Political Philosophy' available on Amazon:

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[sharoldinebock]

Thank you so much for uploading this, it really made my life as a student so much easier. Its easy to grasp.

[tanudwivedi]

At 12 am night , exams on mondayy...a great easy understandble content after so long, thank youu

[equalopportunityoffender]

I like how Rawls was literally like "See my plan works in a world that I made up with arbitrary characteristics that happens to fit everything I need "

[ayethirah]

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[tektonik]

im reading the book. and in my total honesty, altough he defines rules should be publicly comprehensible he forgot that he should also make his own book as publicly comprehensible as possible.

[turquoise]

What my professor also mentioned is that in Rawls’ Original Position the individuals have no access to probability rates. So they wouldn’t know about the probability to end up in a certain social class, etc. and also Rawls said that they wouldn’t want to take any risks so that’s why they wouldn’t gamble.

[FutureMindset]

Well this was definitely eye-opening. Personally, I think that no particular system can be perfect and the best off we'll ever be is by giving the ruling powers as less control over the population as possible and doing the best we can for rights and equality through social movements. Even for addressing poverty, we can, instead of implementing socialism, which, as mentioned in the video, wouldn't incentivize entrepreneurship, leave that to people who are rich to fund shelters and centers and whatnot. I know not everyone will do this but the presence of inequality would honestly be necessary if we're going to allow for equal opportunity and a just society.

[ferdousbithee]

This is truly helpful and understandable and the part I like most is the criticism you show through the other character.

[Le_Samourai]

I think some of the specifics of Rawls' thought experiment are muddy. But, it is still worth considering for the simple fact that no one chooses his or his birth, so no one should be severely punished for it

[pedrozeni]

This is my favorite youtube channel! Amazing video guys!

I'm curious to know how Rawls argued to maintain his ideas in line with his 'equal liberty principle' because I always imagine that to achieve this thought about justice you need to use certain means to achieve the ends, and in my opinion, inevitably will fall in contradiction with liberty principles.

However, you guys did a great job! Thank you for the video!

[frostbirb]

as a college student struggling in a philosophy class, this really helps! even after 2 years
thank you for posting this!

[guts]

This video gives a clear explanation in the most simple way. Thanks !

[dreamre]

your videos explain the concepts so well!

[sosha_bethany]

After studying all the sources I could find on the net this video helped me understand thoroughly impressive 10/10

[selmamweendeleli]

so well explained. Thank you for this video.

[timedgley]

Another great video, simply setting out the views of a philosopher that I sensed was important, but which I couldn't quite grasp in the written form