theory of justice john rawls
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Everyday people in our society experiences issues of life that made such an impact to their lives. Issues that make each and every individual think about their decision for themselves as well as those that's around them. From these, people develop a variety of ideology and opinions, and ideology and opinions that points and those that are deemed to be ignored. John Rawls' theory of justice, which describes his views of a well-ordered society, is one of many views to be examined so we can look at our present society and judge-how fair or just-- from it.
The original position is a theoretical device or a hypothetical precontract situation characterized so as to lead the conception of principles of justice. John Rawls describe this imaginary situation in which free and equal persons concerned to advance their own interests, attempt to arrive at unanimous agreement on the principle of justice. He assumes that the people he is describing are rational in the sense that they act purposefully to achieve certain goals and that they are willing to cooperate with others and to abide by any agreements made.
A distinctive feature of the original position, as describe by John Rawls, is the veil of ignorance. The individuals who are asked to agree on the principles of justice do not know many facts about themselves and their situation. They do not know their social status or class, sexes, their race, their natural assets or abilities, their intelligence or physical strength or even their own ideology of the good life...