John Rawls was into poverty born in 1921 in Baltimore Maryland. He was exposed to the inequality of the modern world from an early age. It motivated him to go into academia‚ where he could use the influence of philosophies to change the unjust world. He was didn’t agree with the old-style philosophical arguments on what makes a social institution fair and what is considered justly in political or social actions and polices. Rawls wanted to modernise the theory of justice. He published many books
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Rawls believes it is in the participants best interest to use maximin reasoning‚ how the maximin works is by “compare alternatives by the worst possible outcome under each alternative‚ and we should choose one which maximize the utility of the worst outcome.” (http://tiseda.sakura.ne.jp/works/maximin.html) Rawls believes his two principles of justice work as it makes all in society cooperate‚ according to the maximin rule the society should be designed in a way as to maximise the position
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Philosopher John Rawls aimed to determine principles of justice based on equality through his conception of the original position and the veil of ignorance. Rawls argued that individuals within a society who are in the original position would choose the difference principle to determine the allocation of resources. Rawls’ conception of justice revolves around two principles. The first principle argues that each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive system of equal basic liberties
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3 2. John Rawls: A Life Sketch 4 3. The Original Position 6 4. The Original Position and the Social Contract 7 5. Nature of the Original Position 9 6. The veil of ignorance 11 7. Rationality in the original position 13 8. The maximin principle 15 9. The original position and utilitarianism 17 10. Criticism of the original position 19 11. Conclusion 21 12. References 22 13. Bibliography 23 INTRODUCTION John Rawls was arguably the most widely discussed
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Module 2 – Written Assignment 1. Shaw and Barry distinguish two different forms of utilitarianism. What are these two forms? Briefly describe each and use examples. Two different forms of utilitarianism are described in our text. The first is called act utilitarianism. According to Shaw and Barry‚ act utilitarianism states that we must ask ourselves what the consequences of a particular act in a particular situation will be for all those affected (p.60). The second form of utilitarianism
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Diocletian’s baths‚ which says: “Our Lords Diocletian and Maximian‚ the elder and invincible Augusti‚ fathers of the Emperors and Caesars‚ our lords Constantius and Maximian and Severus and Maximin‚ noblest Caesars‚ dedicated to their beloved Romans these auspicious Baths of Diocletian‚ which the divine Maximin on his return from Africa ordered to be built and consecrated in the name of his brother Diocletian”. This thermal complex completed construction in 306 AD‚ after Diocletian and Maximian’s
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MGT 101 Introduction to Management First Semester SY 2013 - 2014 Course Description: Principles & practices of management; an overview of the functional areas of business; an introduction to case problem-solving. Prerequisite: None Credit Units: 3 units Course Objectives: At the end of the course‚ the students are expected to: a. Expound the concepts of organizations and management and the need for sound‚ effective and efficient management; b. Differentiate and describe the various management
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1. Shaw and Barry distinguish two different forms of utilitarianism. What are these two forms? Briefly describe each and use examples. Two forms of utilitarianism are act utilitarianism and rule utilitarianism. Act utilitarianism focuses on the consequences of individual actions and how those involved will be affected. The right course of action to take is the action that will produce the most overall happiness. An example of act utilitarianism would be whether or not to tell a patient they have
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a rating of 2048‚ or better than 99.61% of the playing population of that web site. The design of Blondie24 is based on a minimax algorithm of the checkers game tree in which the evaluation function is an artificial neural network. The neural net receives as input a vector representation of the checkerboard positions and returns a single value which is passed on to the minimax algorithm. The weights of the neural network were obtained by an evolutionary algorithm (an approach now called neuroevolution)
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Artificial Intelligence and Its Use in Games Robert Beaird 10/10/08 As long as computer games have been made‚ there has been a desire and demand for smarter‚ faster‚ and better artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence‚ which is often referred to as “AI‚” is “[…] the mimicking of human thought and cognitive processes to solve complex problems.” [1] In the case of games‚ this would mean various tasks involving problem solving and reacting
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