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The Need for More Justice

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

 
            The author mentioned something about moral tradition which developed the concept of rights, autonomy and justice is the same tradition that provided justifications The author mentioned that there is a clear difference between saying that someone has a right to do something in this sense and saying that it is the right thing for [...]

Theory of Justice

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

Justice as fairness said by the author begins. He said with one of the most general of all choices which person might make together. Our social situation is just if it is such that by this sequence of hypothetical agreements we would have contracted into the general system of rules which defines it.
            He [...]

Taking Rights Seriously

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

The author mentioned that there is a clear difference between saying that someone has a right to do something in this sense and saying that it is the right thing for him to do or that he does no wrong in doing it. Someone may have the right to do something that is wrong for [...]

The Nature and Value of Rights

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

The author mentioned that there is a clear difference between saying that someone has a right to do something in this sense and saying that it is the right thing for him to do or that he does no wrong in doing it. Someone may have the right to do something that is wrong for [...]

The Nature and Value of Rights

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

The author mentioned that there is a clear difference between saying that someone has a right to do something in this sense and saying that it is the right thing for him to do or that he does no wrong in doing it. Someone may have the right to do something that is wrong for [...]

Happiness and Virtue

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

According to Aristotle, happiness is not pleasure, honour, or wealth. Happiness by his definition is related to virtue because based on what Aristotle said happiness is an activity of the soul with accordance with virtue. Aristotle mentioned that happiness by his definition is related to virtue. He also pointed out the two kinds of Virtue: [...]

Categorical Imperative

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

The author mentioned something about, good will. It is said that it is impossible to conceive anything at all in the world, or even out of it, which can be taken as good without qualification, except a good will. Intelligence, wit, judgement and any other talents of the mind we may care to name of [...]

The Debate over Utilitarianism

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

The author said that the right actions are those that produce the greatest possible balance of happiness over unhappiness.
           
            Is happiness the only thing that matters? This is the one of the questions asked in this chapter. Right actions are the ones that produce the most good. But then again this chapter asks what [...]

Utilitarianism

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

The author said that if he is asked what he means by different quality in pleasures, or what makes one pleasure more valuable than another, except its being greater in amount. There is but one possible he said. Of there be one to which all or almost all who have irrespective of any feeling of [...]

Trying out One’s New Sword

Posted by: oonaxzieoo on: April 18, 2009

 
            The authors own impression is that she believes that outsiders can in principle deliver perfectly good indictments. She mentioned something about how moral isolationism forbids us to form any opinions on these matters. Its ground for doing so is that we don’t understand them. Our efforts to do so will be much damaged if [...]


 

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