Class Notes 4 You

Dworkin             : equality is sovereign virtue (most important) book:  Sovereign virtue equality before law-->  equality of opportunity-->equality of outcomes (absolute equality) equality in liberalism under threat Dworkin: liberty based on equality liberty is hollow in the absence of equality: Berlin Schools of Thought Liberal Feminist Multiculturalist Marxist Communitarian Equality in Liberalism Under threat in liberalism liberalism is based on equality, not against it like Isiah Berlin, considers that core of liberlism is equality Core Issue ( equality in what sense?) utilitarian : give all which provides equal pleasure equality in terms of welfare (pleasure) not suitable (Dworkin): capitalist will get more than worker egalitarian :  Egalitarian Theory of Equality (Dworkin) Book- Sovereign Virtue Equality of resources -Dworkin (critic of Nozick who gave entitlement theory, follower of rawls) just, initial distribution peopl...

Relfexive equilibrium and intuition: first make theory with procedure and principles. then compare it with your intuition. intuition is moral judgement. after comparing, if it is in line, go with it. if not than adjust both to arrive at equilibrium which is reflexive equilibrium. this is against socratic dialectics. Architechtonic concept (base), most important initiated with Plato (republic: concerning justice) John Rawls:      justice is first virtue of social institution, just as truth is first virtue of any system of thought people will adhere to social norms only if they find it just  Context problems in US (civil rights, black rights movement, feminist movements environmental movements, movements for disarmament, opposition to Vietnam war etc) so gave theory of justice in 1971 death of political theory under behaviouralism Features of Rawls social liberal/ liberal egalitarian human dignity as core (Kant) rational theory - not based on prior values or biasnes...