A Theory of Justice: An Introduction to John Rawls
Link Daniel,
Medium,
2021/11/17
This article describes John Rawls's A Theory of Justice and contains "an outline of justice as fairness, utilitarianism and intuitionism, reflective equilibrium and method, the two principles of justice, the original position, the presentation of alternatives, the argument for justice as fairness, the institutions of a just society, and intergenerational justice."
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Individualism-Collectivism: A Study of Cross-Cultural Researchers
C. Harry Hui, Harry Triandis,
Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology,
2021/11/17
"Collectivism can be defined as (1) concern by a person about the effects of actions or decisions on others, (2) sharing of material benefits, (3) sharing of nonmaterial resources, (4) willingness of the person to accept the opinions and views of others, (5) concern about self-presentation and loss of face, (6) belief in the correspondence of own outcomes with the outcomes of others, and (7) feeling of involvement in and contribution to the lives of others."
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In this presentation we look at the history and present day idea that we create ethics by agreement through a social contract, beginning with the early theories of Hobbes, Locke and Rousseau, continuing through the present day to Rawls, and exploring various objections, communitarian theories, and the social ethic of Ubuntu.
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