J Rawl's Distributive Justice And Indira Sawhney Case 1992
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Philosopher and his Philosophy
3. Case Analysis
4. Inter-relation of the case and the philosophy of the philosopher
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
The Economic framework that each society has, resulted in the different distribution of economic benefits and burdens across fellows of the society. These economic frameworks are the outcome of human political processes and they constantly change both across societies and within societies over time. This economic distribution of benefits and burdens affect the people’s lives. Arguments about which framework and resulting distributions are morally preferable, constitutes the topic of Distributive Justice. Also whenever we read about Justice, we always come crossway the word “Distributive Justice”. This notion of Distributive Justice was widely discussed by John Rawls in his various books. According to him, Distributive Justice is the justice in the distribution of wealth and goods. He also talked about end-state conceptions of distributive justice which says that there is some overall pattern of distribution we should aim at. He further said that Justice is a matter of closeness to the desired pattern. Distributive justice, a theory based on writings of John Rawls, has a major attention of distributing assets fairly among a dynamic and diverse group of members from a community. Rawls said that men have a right to equal respect and concern in the design of political institutions. Principles of Distributive Justice are therefore best thought of as providing moral guidance for the political processes and structures that affect the distribution of economic benefits and burdens in societies.
When our constitution was made, the framer of the constitution made a special provision with the intention to provide equal opportunity in public employment to all the citizens within India. The same was inserted in Article 16 of the Indian
1. Introduction
2. Philosopher and his Philosophy
3. Case Analysis
4. Inter-relation of the case and the philosophy of the philosopher
5. Conclusion
6. Bibliography
INTRODUCTION
The Economic framework that each society has, resulted in the different distribution of economic benefits and burdens across fellows of the society. These economic frameworks are the outcome of human political processes and they constantly change both across societies and within societies over time. This economic distribution of benefits and burdens affect the people’s lives. Arguments about which framework and resulting distributions are morally preferable, constitutes the topic of Distributive Justice. Also whenever we read about Justice, we always come crossway the word “Distributive Justice”. This notion of Distributive Justice was widely discussed by John Rawls in his various books. According to him, Distributive Justice is the justice in the distribution of wealth and goods. He also talked about end-state conceptions of distributive justice which says that there is some overall pattern of distribution we should aim at. He further said that Justice is a matter of closeness to the desired pattern. Distributive justice, a theory based on writings of John Rawls, has a major attention of distributing assets fairly among a dynamic and diverse group of members from a community. Rawls said that men have a right to equal respect and concern in the design of political institutions. Principles of Distributive Justice are therefore best thought of as providing moral guidance for the political processes and structures that affect the distribution of economic benefits and burdens in societies.
When our constitution was made, the framer of the constitution made a special provision with the intention to provide equal opportunity in public employment to all the citizens within India. The same was inserted in Article 16 of the Indian
Bibliography: [i] Wenar Leif, John Rawls- Biography, The Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy, 2008. [ii]http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/rawls/#JusFaiJusWitLibSoc [iii] John Rawls, A Theory of Justice, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belk nap Press, 1971 [iv] http://www.studentpulse.com/articles/510/john-rawls-robert-nozick-and-the-difference-principle-finding-common-ground [v] John Rawls, Justice as Fairness: A Restatement, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Belk nap Press, 2001