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Full Idea
The original position is the appropriate initial status quo which insures that the fundamental agreements reached in it are fair. This fact yields the name 'justice as fairness'.
Gist of Idea
The original position insures that the agreements reached are fair
Source
Amartya Sen (The Idea of Justice [2009], 01.4)
Book Ref
Sen, Amartya: 'The Idea of Justice' [Penguin 2010], p.17
A Reaction
I suppose it insures fairness on day one of the new society, but that might have all been wiped out in the next fortnight, when you find you are the least advantaged as a result of racism.
| 3280 | Why does the rational agreement of the 'Original Position' in Rawls make it right? [Nagel on Rawls] |
| 20552 | The original position models the idea that citizens start as free and equal [Rawls, by Swift] |
| 20594 | Choosers in the 'original position' have been stripped of most human characteristics [Sandel, by Tuckness/Wolf] |
| 20983 | The original position insures that the agreements reached are fair [Sen] |
| 20535 | Isn't it more rational to maximise the average position, but with a safety net? [Swift] |
| 20596 | For global justice, adopt rules without knowing which country you will inhabit [Tuckness/Wolf] |
| 22849 | Rawls's theory cannot justify liberalism, since it presupposes free and equal participants [Charvet] |