A just society, as conceptualized in the passage, can be best described as: (2006)
A just society, as conceptualized in the passage, can be best described as: (2006)
The correct option is E A hypothetical society in which
principles of justice are not based on the existing positions and powers of
the individuals.
Option: (e) The passage is based on the central theme of defining what a just society, based on an original position, will be like. According to the passage, the just society would be fair, wherein justice will not be influenced by privileges, position, and social status of a person. This is best described by option (e). Although all other options are close to being correct but option (e) seems to be the best pick amongst all.
Para 1:
· Present a conception of justice which generalizes and carries to a higher level of abstraction the familiar theory of the social contract.
· The idea is that the principles of justice for the basic structure of society are the object of the original agreement.
· They are the principles that free and rational persons concerned to further their own interests would accept in an initial position of equality.
· These principles are to regulate all further agreements; they specify the kinds of social cooperation that can be entered into and the forms of government that can be established.
· Author calls this justice as "fairness".
Para 2:
· In "justice as fairness", no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status, nor does anyone know his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities, his intelligence, strength and the like.
· Principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
Para3
· Justice as fairness begins with the choice of the first principles of a conception of justicewhich is to regulate all subsequentcriticism and reform of institutions.
· Then, having chosen a conception of justice, we can suppose that they are to choose a constitution and a legislature to enact laws, and so on, all in accordance with the principles of justice initially agreed upon.
· A society satisfying the principles of justice as fairness comes as close as a society can to being a voluntary scheme, for it meets the principles which free and equal persons would assent to under circumstances that are fair.
Option: (e)
The passage is based on the central theme of defining what a just society, based on an original position, will be like. According to the passage, the just society would be fair, wherein justice will not be influenced by privileges, position, and social status of a person. This is best described by option (e). Although all other options are close to being correct but option (e) seems to be the best pick amongst all.
Para 1:
· Present a conception of justice which generalizes and carries to a higher level of abstraction the familiar theory of the social contract.
· The idea is that the principles of justice for the basic structure of society are the object of the original agreement.
· They are the principles that free and rational persons concerned to further their own interests would accept in an initial position of equality.
· These principles are to regulate all further agreements; they specify the kinds of social cooperation that can be entered into and the forms of government that can be established.
· Author calls this justice as "fairness".
Para 2:
· In "justice as fairness", no one knows his place in society, his class position or social status, nor does anyone know his fortune in the distribution of natural assets and abilities, his intelligence, strength and the like.
· Principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
Para3
· Justice as fairness begins with the choice of the first principles of a conception of justicewhich is to regulate all subsequentcriticism and reform of institutions.
· Then, having chosen a conception of justice, we can suppose that they are to choose a constitution and a legislature to enact laws, and so on, all in accordance with the principles of justice initially agreed upon.
· A society satisfying the principles of justice as fairness comes as close as a society can to being a voluntary scheme, for it meets the principles which free and equal persons would assent to under circumstances that are fair.
