John Rawls
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John Rawls • John Rawls is the most famous American social contract theorist argued that “Justice is fairness” • He Thought human natural have a appropriate behavior because human has a reason moral and ethic that can understand environmental law and use it to be a guide for live. •However human feel that doesn’t have comfortable. When conflicts with other. •So human has make agreement that depend on life freedom and property that empower to Government •Citizen can reform or change government if Appropriate = เเเเเเเ justice = เเเเเเเเ Reason = เเเเเเ
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John Rawls• John Rawls is the most famous American social contract
theorist argued that “Justice is fairness”• He Thought human natural have a appropriate behavior because human has a reason moral and ethic that can understand environmental law and use it to be a guide for live.
•However human feel that doesn’t have comfortable. When conflicts with other.
•So human has make agreement that depend on life freedom and property that empower to Government•Citizen can reform or change government if it necessary.
Appropriate = เหมาะสม justice = ยุ�ติธรรมReason = เหติ�ผล fairness = คุ�ณธรรม
“the veil of ignorance”
• He want us to imagine what rule we would propose for a society and when you think he want us to standing behind “the veil of ignorance” to make a justice for our society.
• “the veil of ignorance” It’s a concept that observes morality in our society and in the individual.
• Imagine that I place the “veil of ignorance” over your head. This means, you currently do not know your role in society. At least not the one you will be assigned to. Only then, can you truly see the moral issues.
Veil = ปกคลุ�ม ignorance = ความไมรู้�
“the veil of ignorance”
Example Take the popular immigration issue. If you
did not know whether you would be a Thai or an illegal alien, you can better see the dilemma of both sides without having the prejudice of one or the other.
Dilemma = กลุ�นไมเข้ าคายไมออก Prejudice = อคติ�,ข้ อเสี�ยเปรู้�ยบ immigration = การู้เข้ าเม�อง
inequality
• Rawls Believe that people can inequality . If that increase benefit for everyone as Mr.
Bill Gates rich than other people because Microsoft create computer.
It is useful for everyone . You can Inequality. If inequality be to everyone’s advantage .
• Inequality = ความไมเท่าเท่�ยม
Social Contract is not Moral Code
• Strictly speaking , social contract theory is not a moral code. • But because so many of our moral decisions are made in the
context of laws and rights, we should understand that the foundation of those laws and rights is a system of promises by every citizen who freely chooses to live in and benefit from a commonwealth.
Implicitly = โดยุปรยุายุExplicitly = อยุ�างชั�ดเจนCommonwealth = การรวมก�น
