Rawls

Lecture 34, John Rawls, of UGS 303, Ideas of the Twentieth Century, University of Texas at Austin, Fall 2013

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[@Zer0es]

I'm loving these lectures, but can I just mention how annoying and disrespectful it is to prepare to leave before the professor is finished speaking? I'm not a prof myself, but as a student, I always found it SO rude. Am I alone on this? (Please, existentialists, don't reply "We're ALL alone.")

[@B10Esteban]

It made me so uncomfortable watching that, the students were very disrespectful.

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[@mileskeller5244]

The whole class is rushing out and I'm over here NO NO NO keep going 🤣. There can be no more important topic than that of Justice when living in a democratic society.

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Great work.

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[@RobertoGarcia-yu4pe]

This lecture begins with the Welfare State rather than Rawls construction of the theory of Justice as a byproduct of the social contract. The social contract allows for the operation of self-interest and a relatively open market. The lecture does not make the connection with economic theory and the challenge of a market failure. The welfare state results from a market failure. It is a form of no-fault insurance when supply & demand falls off the rails. The lecture makes reference to voluntary & involuntary choices and separates the moral obligation to address a market failure. When the harvest fails, then the community comes together to aid those in need. The lecture unfortunately continues a stigma of the welfare state, although I do not believe that is the intent.

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