Essays about: "Rawls’"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 37 essays containing the word Rawls’.

  1. 6. A Current Need for Continuity

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Nils Patrik Svensson; [2022]
    Keywords : agential realism; Karen Barad; new materialism; math; infinitesimals; complexity; quantum physics; Copenhagen interpretation; phenomenology; Merleau-Ponty; continuity; Rawls; binary;

    Abstract : Throughout these last few decades, phenomenology and modern physics have slowly started to approach each other in order to bridge the gap between the subjective and objective. In this thesis I aim to show an approach done with the help of Karen Barad's agential realism; a quantum interpretation enabling us to better understand and analyse our complex world, as well as our perception of it. READ MORE

  3. 7. Non-ideal theory comparison of Sen's capability approach and Therborn's theory on inequalities : Comparison to a non-ideal theory framework to address health inequalities

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Kyra Nieuwenhuijsen; [2022]
    Keywords : health inequalities; capability approach; Amartya Sen; Göran Therborn; non-ideal theory;

    Abstract : This thesis conducts a theory comparison to determine which theory of social justice is best suited to address health inequalities. The theories used are the capability approach by Amartya Sen and Göran Therborn's theory on inequalities. Within the capability approach, two accounts specified on health capabilities will be regarded as well. READ MORE

  4. 8. Problems With the Veil of Ignorance, And How We Might Solve Them

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för filosofi, historia, konst och religion

    Author : Anthony Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : Veil of Ignorance; VoI; John Rawls; Limited Veil of Ignorance; Limited VoI; Practical Philosophy; Equality; Unbiased decision-making; Theory of Justice;

    Abstract : Ever since Rawls published The Theory of Justice (1971/2009), the theory itself, along with many of its components, have been subject to intense debate. Both the "original position" and the "veil of ignorance" have been argued to be too unrealistic since the restriction on information makes it impossible to apply in the real world. READ MORE

  5. 9. Rawls’s distributional justice in Swedish healthcare

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Johan Sturesson; [2022]
    Keywords : Rawls theory of justice; veil of ignorance; Norman Daniels; Swedish Health Care and Medical Priorities Commission; distributional justice; Sweden; healthcare;

    Abstract : Everyone will probably be given healthcare at some point in life, and might ask themselves how and why the healthcare is distributed the way it is in Swedish society. I also believe this is a matter where one would like the distribution of healthcare to be just. READ MORE

  6. 10. An Ethical Case for the Expansion of Free Movement of People Policies : Why the American Countries Ought to Adopt a Free Movement of Peoples Policy

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

    Author : Sarah Hicks; [2022]
    Keywords : Free Movement; John Rawls; Joseph Carens; Migration; Open Borders;

    Abstract : In my paper I make a case for why more countries ought to adopt reciprocal free movement of people policies. Looking at the EU as an example of successful implementation of reciprocal free movement of people policies, I establish a model for such an agreement between countries. READ MORE