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Rawls' well-ordered society ethical foundation

Author: ZhangJianHui
Tutor: XueYongMin
School: Shanxi University
Course: Ethics
Keywords: Well-ordered society Justice system Citizens goodness
CLC: B82-05
Type: Master's thesis
Year: 2011
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Abstract

Ideal society is the pursuit of common human values. It is because of the reality of social reflection and longing for an ideal society, human societies have been able to make progress. It can be said, at all times, people on the idea and practice of an ideal society has never been interrupted, and will always continue. Ancient thinkers have made this difficult exploration, leaving a rich ideological resources. This paper focuses on a well-ordered society Rawls discussed the idea in order to benefit of contemporary Chinese society. Article is divided into three parts: The first part of Rawls's \First of all, society is the interaction of the joint, but also a prerequisite for the development of personal survival. But the particularity between people resulting conflict of rights is necessary for effective social regulation. Full cooperation and conflict in society is the smallest minds Rawls' well-ordered society. \In this society, the right to justice, distribution, and therefore can be called \Secondly, a well-ordered society summarize the basic features: Multiple coexist. Specific performance of democratic and pluralistic political, economic and cultural values ??of diverse diverse interests, diverse and pluralistic coexistence and to analyze the relationship. Finally, a brief review of the history of the ideals of social and foreign theories and models. Rawls absorb nutrients from Western history, reflect on history and reality made on the basis of \The second part discusses the construction of a well-ordered society of justice institutional arrangements. On the one hand, from the ideal angle, the system has the universality, stability and mandatory, and many other features are important conditions for its functioning. Rawls emphasizes the system also reflects his personal and social utilitarianism that simple analogy dissatisfaction. On the other hand, the system is to solve real social inequalities and effective way. System of justice for the right to distribute the ideal and the reality of equality demands, the macro-and micro-social individuals have a profound impact. This is why the system first reason. Secondly, the principle of priority system. First, the first individual principles. Institutions and individuals have distinct principles, institutions should give priority to the development principles. Second, the system has the attribute of justice, the focus of Rawls' theory of justice, including the two principles of justice and two priority principle. Two principles of justice include: principles of equality and freedom, equal opportunity principles and the difference principle. Two first principles include: equality and freedom precedence over equal opportunity and fair opportunity to give priority to the difference principle. As can be seen, the priority principle embodied the spirit of the most important are: justice priority to utilitarian. Finally, the well-ordered society, institutional arrangements, including the political and economic systems. Rawls believes that in order to safeguard civil equality and freedom as the goal of constitutional democracy is an ideal political system, has to be done: generous enough to guarantee equality of citizens' participation and rational rule of law. Rolls-market economy system is the well-ordered society economic system to protect the distribution of equality purport. For how to guarantee equality of distribution, from the five aspects of the analysis: (1) What allocation; (2) is assigned to whom; (3) what time allocation; (4) who is assigned; (5) allocation criteria. In short, the justice system is a well-ordered society is one of the important ethical basis of the third part focuses on the well-ordered society to build an indispensable goodness citizens. Rawls did not stay at the same emphasis on the justice system, well-ordered society goodness citizens. Citizens should have two basic goodness of moral capacity: the ability of a sense of justice and good ideas, and learn from Piaget's developmental psychology Rawls's view presents the cultivation of civic virtue emotional way. Section III, Article borrow Rawls's \Article concludes that the system of justice and goodness of the citizens is well-ordered society the two most important ethical foundation. This conclusion is social transformation in China provides a useful inspiration.

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