Political Philosophy and John Rawls

Political Philosophy and John Rawls

Audio recording of a lecture by Jonathan Wolff on John Rawls' political philosophy. After discussing the detrimental influence of logical positivism on ethical and political discourse, Jonathan Wolff goes on to explain John Rawls' famous contractarian conception of justice. Rawls' argument takes the form of a thought experiment involving a hypothetical contract in which people are made ignorant about certain facts about themselves which could bias them in their own favor (e.g. their race, gender, class, age, talents, etc.). In this way, ignorance is used as a way to guarantee impartiality in deciding how societies should be set up. After all, one cannot rig things up to benefit oneself if one doesn't know what one's interests are or what one's position in society will be. Rawls argued that people behind this so-called "veil of ignorance" would agree to two principles of justice: the liberty principle and the difference principle. Jonathan Wolf explains these principles and the main arguments for and against them. (My Summary) Note, this is re-upload. More details about this talk will be added at a later date.More Political Philosophy: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_O1dkCOqsUke_0QUkX80A- #philosophy #politicalphilosophy #rawls #johnrawls #politicaltheory #historyofphilosophy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Knowledge and Scepticism - General Philosophy (Peter Millican)

Knowledge and Scepticism - General Philosophy (Peter Millican)

In this lecture on General Philosophy, Professor Peter Millican discusses the traditional analysis of knowledge, Gettier cases, externalism, scepticism, and the ethics of belief. This comes from a 201...

28 Elo 1h 12min

4 Reid on Causation and Active Powers - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)

4 Reid on Causation and Active Powers - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)

Professor Dan Robinson gives the fourth in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. “It is evident that a power is a quality, and therefore can’t exist without...

28 Elo 1h 1min

7 Hume’s “Sentimentalist” Theory of Morals - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)

7 Hume’s “Sentimentalist” Theory of Morals - Reid's Critique of Hume (Dan Robinson)

Professor Dan Robinson gives the seventh in a series of 8 lectures on Thomas Reid's critique of David Hume at Oxford in 2014. In his Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals [1751], Hume states: “T...

28 Elo 1h 8min

8 The Paralogisms and Antinomies of Pure Reason - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)

8 The Paralogisms and Antinomies of Pure Reason - Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (Dan Robinson)

Dan Robinson gives the final lecture in a series of 8 on Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Reason, properly disciplined, draws permissible inferences from the resulting concepts of the understa...

28 Elo 50min

Wittgenstein on the Mind - Norman Malcolm (1968)

Wittgenstein on the Mind - Norman Malcolm (1968)

Rare audio recording of a 1968 lecture by Norman Malcolm on Ludwig Wittgenstein's views about the nature of the mind. He explains why Wittgenstein rejected the notion of the mind as some mysterious in...

28 Elo 1h 20min

Reason and Feeling in Ethics - Brand Blanshard (1966)

Reason and Feeling in Ethics - Brand Blanshard (1966)

Audio recording of a 1966 lecture by Brand Blanshard on reason and ethics given at Wheaton College (Massachusetts). #philosophy #ethics #moralphilosophy #utilitarianism #historyofphilosophy Learn more...

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The Absurdity of Moral Relativism and Subjectivism - A Polemic

The Absurdity of Moral Relativism and Subjectivism - A Polemic

Skeletons will dance, positions will be refuted. This is a re-upload from the previous channel. It was made in 2016. You may also like the following: https://youtu.be/DFHPH3m-KR8#philosophy #relativis...

28 Elo 15min

Honderich vs Penrose on Consciousness (1999)

Honderich vs Penrose on Consciousness (1999)

Ted Honderich pushes Sir Roger Penrose about his view about consciousness and whether it involves a relation of identity, presenting something of a dilemma in the process. These clips come from a 1999...

28 Elo 6min

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